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raisinbun
Aspirant
May 20, 2019
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Failed to login EX8000 Mesh Extender

Hi,   I bought the EX8000 (X6S) mesh extender to extend the signal of my existing D-Link DIR850L AC1200 Dual Band Gigabit Router. I set up the extender by connecting to the default SSID of the ex...
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    plemans
    May 21, 2019

    I'd reset it (so you can access it) and then set a static ip address within the range of your router's ip range. Probably be the fastest way to fix it.  

    https://www.netgear.com/support/product/EX8000.aspx

     

    Page 32 of the manual walks you through setting a static ip address.  

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raisinbun
Aspirant
May 21, 2019

Or did you mean these two steps?

1. Resetting it so that i can access it (which worked)

2. After that, setting static IP

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
May 21, 2019

Little of both.

I like to set address reservations or static ip addresses for extenders, printers, IoT devices, etc.  The only ones I leave dynamic are those devices that relocate/move around.