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TDawkins
Nov 05, 2018Aspirant
Front Flashing white, and power flashing red
For the past week, my extender stopped working. The front lights flash white and the power light in the back flashes red. Theres nothing in the manual about the issues im having.
justrere
Dec 21, 2021Aspirant
i had the same problem and could not find anyhelp online. of course netgear refers you to this community instead of helping you because ive had it greater than 3 months. RIDICULOUS. anyway i did get mine working again.
I noticed that when i plug it in the lights in front flash white and the light in back starts out green when you first plug it in then within 30 seconds starts flashing red. after several days of troubleshooting, trying stuff and giving up, i decided to give it another try. RIGHT after i plug it in, While power button was still green (before turning to red) I quickly inserted a paperclip into the reset button and held for 5 seconds to reset ( this did not previously work when the power light had already switched to the red flashing light). this time it did behave differently and eventually reset where only two of the lights on front went to white. then I was able to reset up my extender as if it were new (press the wps button on it and my router) now it is properly operating again.