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AC1750 hard wired ethernet connection
I am trying to use the ethernet jack on the AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Mesh Extender EX6250, and for some reason the laptop that I connect to it doesn't get internet access. When I remove the wired conne...
UPDATE: It turns out that my extender wasn't actually linking to the router AT ALL, so I didn't even have wifi capability working with it! I noticed the LEDs were turned off, it probably dropped the connection at some point and never re-established it (no wonder our wifi reception upstairs seemed to get worse), so I reconfigured it and we not only have much better wifi, I was also able to hard wire to the ethernet jack and operate my laptop that way (although with our improved wifi, I might not even need to do that anymore).
Thanks to everyone who tried to help and sorry I wasted your time now that I figured out the solutions.
So let me get this right, you have that router set up as an extender correct? If you have it set up as an extender (access point) you won't be able to get internet through hard wired ethernet connection since you turned it into an extender (access point).
I was afraid that might be the case. So you are saying this unit can be used as a main router or an extender, and if it was a main router, then you can use the ethernet jack for a hardwired connection in that case, but not if it's configured as an extender? That wasn't clear at all from the owner's manual on page 18. But thanks for letting me know.
- Well I haven't used that model as an access point, but when I've had other routers as access points I knew that I couldn't use the ethernet ports to give me internet, and only through wifi I was able to use them.