This works. Here's the screen shot of the signals. They are great. 4 "schome2"= one router xr500 + 3- EX8000. The others are arlo x 3.
Use this for more than one extender. Ie. Ex8000, 3 of them placed in farest areas in your home from the wifi router.
Order of install: Reset extender, push on/off button to off, plug it in, keep holding down the reset button with a pin, then press the on/off button to on. The green light is first, then turns to a red light, then it turns to a blinking red light, then release the reset button, the power light turns green. Wait for the leds to stop blinking on the front. Only the 2.4ghz will be on. Turn the extender off then on. Plug in a ethernet cable from the wifi router to the extender. Far right front led, lights white. Press WPS on wifi router ie. rx500 Then press WPS on the extender. Wait a minute. Go to a desktop computer, enter http://mywifiext/ The screen should say "new extender setup". Select it. Agree Answer questions. Make a good user name. Not your email. Then password. Next Each unit has its user name and password. Make each unit a unique name and pw. User= abcd1 Pw=abcd1
When its time for the next unit repeat user name but change 1 to 2. Do the same for the unit's password abcd2. Sign into your Netgear account. Turn off, then on, the extender at this time. Again, wait for the lights to stop blinking, they will, I promise.
On the desktop. Enter the user name and PW. Go through the screens that you need to change. Remember updates and wait times for various software interactions do take up a lot of time. Remove access to the guest network or not. Save Check for firmware updates or not. Go to status in the menu (left-hand top screen). Wait for the screen to refresh. If it doesn't, close browser, sign in to mywifiext again on a new browser window, like you did in the beginning. You may have to sign in to your Netgear Account to add this unit. After that. Select Smart Connect or not. Choose to enable AP or not. Make changes, wifi channel, wifi speed, double-check PW in the middle of the screen, called the Access Point Network box. Wait a long time for the interface to accept changes. You can always watch the lights on the extender. lol. Next Make sure you check the tiny box in the next window and hit continue at the bottom. SUCCESS Next Ok done.
If at any time you can't move forward, restart the extender and the mywifiext address in a new browser.
Model: EX8000|AC3000 Nighthawk X6S Tri Band WiFi Mesh Extender
