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Can't connect Chromecast to Netgear Extender EX2700, is it possible?
Hi,
Can I just check that there's no way to configure the settings in my Netgear EX2700 Extender to allow to use it to connect to my Chromecast? These articles suggest that is the case - as it's n...
I'm having the same problem. The extender is enabling connections to my laptop, my phone and my Chromecast but as noted in the article at the top of this chain, I can't seem to change the AP security setting in the extender so that the phone can be used to tell Chromecast what content to show. Basically the Chromecast is worthless in this configuration. If I can't get this resolved I'm going to have to return the EX2700.
Please help me solve this problem.
staten7 wrote:
I can't seem to change the AP security setting in the extender
That's because there is no AP security setting to change. These extenders don't isolate clients from one another - as explained in the second post.
Your problem is caused by something else, not by the non-existent setting.
I resolved this issue. The key was to configure the range extender via the browser and use a security setting of WEP2. The WPS connection didn't enable the phone-to-Chromecast connection but WEP2 does.
staten7 wrote:
I resolved this issue. The key was to configure the range extender via the browser and use a security setting of WEP2. The WPS connection didn't enable the phone-to-Chromecast connection but WEP2 does.
WEP in all forms is insecure. You should be using WPA2-PSK as your security mode (both in your router and the extender). This might be called "WPA2 Personal" in the settings.
WPS is a method of making a connection, it is not a security mode.