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Can't Access My Wifi Ext.net or 192.168.1.250
Flat out, I'll make this as basic as I can: I can't access the my wifi ext.net or 192.168.1.250 to login to the extender. I've tried Internet Explorer, I've tried Chrome, I've tried Firefox. E...
not all routers pass the wifiext correctly.
but the router does assign an ip address to the extender. If you log into the router, it should have an attached device list or the equivalent.
What router are you using?
plemans wrote:not all routers pass the wifiext correctly.
mywifiext[.net] | [.com] does not pass the extender - the DNS query (permitting no secured DNS in the game!) is captured on the extender, and the extender's IPv4 address is returned. That's why one has to connect a computer or mobile to the extender - and explains why these two URLs can't be used anywhere on the LAN.
If the extender is linked to the router WiFi, as you already mentioned, it will get a valid IP for the LAN.