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Gab92
Aspirant
Mar 21, 2019

WN3000RPV3 cant connect on my windows laptop

Hello,

i've been try to connect the wifi extender to my laptop unfortuanally everytime i try it says  "unable to connect" , so i tryed with my mac and it worked . I Really need this to work on my windows laptop and i dont know why it doesnt .
My Mac and Windows laptop are in the same room, my mac get perfecetly connected and my Windows laptop doesnt, i tryed reset and doing the installment 3 times always the same. I checked if maybe the driver where up to date and they were all up to date, the wifi extender has all the lights green. I dont understund why it wont connect to my windows laptop.

I have a Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 on the laptop.

Could please someone help me?

Thank  you

10 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 21, 2019

    What NG product and model# are you referring too? 

    Gab92 wrote:

    Hello,

    i've been try to connect the wifi extender to my laptop unfortuanally everytime i try it says  "unable to connect" , so i tryed with my mac and it worked . I Really need this to work on my windows laptop and i dont know why it doesnt .
    My Mac and Windows laptop are in the same room, my mac get perfecetly connected and my Windows laptop doesnt, i tryed reset and doing the installment 3 times always the same. I checked if maybe the driver where up to date and they were all up to date, the wifi extender has all the lights green. I dont understund why it wont connect to my windows laptop.

    I have a Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 on the laptop.

    Could please someone help me?

    Thank  you

     

    • Gab92's avatar
      Gab92
      Aspirant
      Mar 21, 2019

      i have a WN3000RPV3 - N300 wifi range extender still dont understund why on my mac works but on my laptop doesnt lol

  • tlynch833's avatar
    tlynch833
    Aspirant
    Jun 02, 2019

    Gab92

    Did you resolve your problem? I have the very same situation and would like to know what  you did

    thanks to you

    • Christian_R's avatar
      Christian_R
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Jun 07, 2019

      Hello tlynch833 - If other devices are able to connect to the extender except your windows laptop, you may need to update your WiFi adapter driver on your windows laptop.

       

      ~Christian 

      • tlynch833's avatar
        tlynch833
        Aspirant
        Jun 07, 2019

        Hi Christian,

        Thanks for your comments. My driver is from Realtek. According to their website I have their latest driver. Should I be looking for another driver vendor?

  • jayburn84's avatar
    jayburn84
    Tutor
    Jun 12, 2019

    I've got an older WN3000RPV3, purchased a few and love them. But I only use them on the devices that I either don't have WiFi cards on like my older PC... and I had to place one downstairs near another computer that we couldn't run a hardline too (also no wifi card).

    They worked great on both my Windows 7 64-Bit PC and Laptops... but I hardwired them in. I plugged them in close to the machines, connected them directly to the main modem/router via WPS... and use a short patch cable. I honestly couldn't believe how stable and consistent these things were/are... I know they are meant for extending WiFi and should be able to spit up some WiFi for those hard to reach areas... but have you tried maybe just running a hardline from the WN3000RPV3 to your laptop just to see if it works? I know cables and wires are ugly... but whatever works heh.