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Range Extender Router & Device Link LEDs - ON, No Connection
Hi All, Background: I currently have an LG TV connected to a Netgear Wireless Modem/Router but wanted to improve the signal. Purchased an EX3700 with that intent. So I connected the EX3700 to ...
A couple questions.
1. what netgear modem/router do you have?
2. Are you connecting the EX3700 to your tv using the ethernet or using wireless?
3. What LG tv is it? Reason I ask is more complex. Base model range extenders (like the ex3700) are fine when you're in an area with very poor to non-useable signal. In an area where you still have coverage, not as much. Reason why is they drop throughput 50% based off the signal they receive. This happens because they have to use the same wireless chip to go router----extender and then extender----devices. And they can't do both at once. So if your tv is an area where it still gets a good enough signal, the extender might actually hurt speeds. Especially sinces its an AC750 device. Many of the newer tv's have a pretty solid wireless chip in them (AC1200) and are more capable than the extender itself is even before the speed reduction it takes.
4. Have you tried setting up the extender using the installation assistant and not WPS?
5. What firmware is on the EX3700