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Kingsman1984
Feb 02, 2021Follower
Please help XWN5001, pulling hair out!
Hi Guys, I'm seriously having a hard time right now with this WiFi extender. Here's what's going on. I plugged the unit into the router with via the ethernet cable provided, pushed the wps button in ...
olympos1625
Mar 31, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Kingsman1984,
Good day!
Welcome to NETGEAR Community!
First of all, we do apologize for the inconvenience of not getting back to you immediately due to the backlog in the system. Regarding your concern, by default the XWn5001 wifi extender is unsecured and the default name is NETGEAR_EXT. To secure the powerline extender, please go to this link:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/XWN5001/XWN5001_IG_30Oct2012.pdf
Please do not hesitate to let me know if you need further assistance.
Regards,
Oliver
Community Team