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dpl77
Aspirant
Sep 12, 2021

Ex7000 won’t connect to mywifiext after making same name as network

How can I undo making the original “NETGEAR_EXT” the same name as my home network?
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dpl77
Aspirant
Sep 13, 2021
It won’t let me connect to mywifiext.local to be able to check
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 13, 2021

Log into your router. In your router should be an attached devices list (or equivelent). 

that'll have the extender's ip address (if you set it up). 

Use that to connect/access the extender.