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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

BillS22
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How I configured my WN3000RP

AT first I had many of the same problems:
Dropped Network
Device Lockups

Then it dawned on me that I might have a Network Overlap Issue.

I have a NETGEAR Wireless Router, but it's in the far corner of the house. (the only place I can hardwire my Cable Modem to the Router)

My house is small and the router reaches the entire house, but the signal is weak in the Living Room. (the area of most wireless activity)

Setup Steps
1. I had to configure the WN3000RP via hard wire. I could not get WPS to work.
2. Make sure all wireless devices do NOT use the Router WIFI, only the Extended WIFI via the WN3000RP.

I found that if some devices used the Router's SSID while other Devices used the WN3000RP's SSID, the Network would lock up.

But when I made sure all wireless devices used the WN3000RP's SSID only, the lock up's went away.

Again, my house is small, 1785 sq Ft, and I figure the two networks were clashing. My whole-house WIFI is strong via the WN3000RP, so my setup is ok.

The WN3000RP is centrally located, so my net gain is good.
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jfox3366
Novice

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

There are actually 2 ways where you can setup this extender. Either the manual process or using the WPS. As what you have indicated, you were having some problems with the WPS setup. So I suggest if you could do the manual setup instead.

Before doing the setup, I would also suggest if you could perform factory reset on the unit. While it is plugged in, kindly press and hold the reset button for a minute then unplug it from the power outlet and plug it back after 30 seconds.

1. Once the Extender is powered on and the Status LED is green, on your wireless PC, try to connect to NETGEAR_EXT (SSID) wireless network. After the connection with the PC is established, the PC to Extender LED turns green. Next, you need to connect the Extender to your existing Wi-Fi network.

2. Open a web browser window from the same PC, and the browser should take you directly to the on-screen setup guide. Or, you can always access the Extender settings by typing www.mywifiext.net in your browser URL bar


3. The web browser setup guide walks you through the following steps:

• Selecting the Wi-Fi network you would like to extend.
• Entering the security passphrase for the existing network. (Please make sure to enter your wireless security key properly). If your wireless security key is under WEP, please put this information on the Key 1 box and not on the Passphrase box. If its under WPA/WPA2, kindly just enter it on the Passphrase box.
• Choosing the name for your new Extender network. After this process, it will then ask you now to connect on your new extender's wireless network
• Connecting your wireless devices to your new Extender network.

4. Once your computer is successfully connected to your new extender's network, kindly complete the setup and check if you could establish a connection this time.
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jmizoguchi
Virtuoso

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

I found that if some devices used the Router's SSID while other Devices used the WN3000RP's SSID, the Network would lock up.

But when I made sure all wireless devices used the WN3000RP's SSID only, the lock up's went away.


so you have like this

wireless router.... ssid name : xxx
extender has xxx_ext

Different SSID name. So when you say lock up, how do you define that since you can connect extender despite some WPS issues
Message 3 of 16
GReid
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

JFOX and BillS

I want to thank you for your instructions that you posted.

I spent the entire day yesterday trying to get my WN3000RP configured on my wireless network.

After reading your posts, I started again, using your instructions.

I was able to get all my laptop computers, Wii and Sony Blu-Ray with Netflix up and operational using the extender in very short order.

Now, I have internet access from the far end of the house using my I-Pad2.

I, like many, have been frustrated with little or no access when you get to far from the main router.

Good Job Grasshopper!! You done good!

jfox3366 wrote:
There are actually 2 ways where you can setup this extender. Either the manual process or using the WPS. As what you have indicated, you were having some problems with the WPS setup. So I suggest if you could do the manual setup instead.

Before doing the setup, I would also suggest if you could perform factory reset on the unit. While it is plugged in, kindly press and hold the reset button for a minute then unplug it from the power outlet and plug it back after 30 seconds.

1. Once the Extender is powered on and the Status LED is green, on your wireless PC, try to connect to NETGEAR_EXT (SSID) wireless network. After the connection with the PC is established, the PC to Extender LED turns green. Next, you need to connect the Extender to your existing Wi-Fi network.

2. Open a web browser window from the same PC, and the browser should take you directly to the on-screen setup guide. Or, you can always access the Extender settings by typing www.mywifiext.net in your browser URL bar


3. The web browser setup guide walks you through the following steps:

• Selecting the Wi-Fi network you would like to extend.
• Entering the security passphrase for the existing network. (Please make sure to enter your wireless security key properly). If your wireless security key is under WEP, please put this information on the Key 1 box and not on the Passphrase box. If its under WPA/WPA2, kindly just enter it on the Passphrase box.
• Choosing the name for your new Extender network. After this process, it will then ask you now to connect on your new extender's wireless network
• Connecting your wireless devices to your new Extender network.

4. Once your computer is successfully connected to your new extender's network, kindly complete the setup and check if you could establish a connection this time.
Message 4 of 16
BillS22
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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

Glad to help.

My network has been up and running since Sunday morning without loss of connection. (Today is Wednesday.)

All wireless devices are accessing the WEB via the WN3000RP only, and all hardwired devices are accessing the WEB via the LAN on the N600.

Life is good.
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let
Aspirant
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

What if you need the coverage of both your router AND access point?

Could you simply give the access point the same SSID as the router?

I lose wireless on the access point after a day or so, yet the router wireless is still OK. Been a bear trying to figure out why.
Message 6 of 16
BillS22
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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

let - Sorry, I'm not an expert.

I couldn't get the WIFI Network to be stable unless I took all wireless devices off my router, and let the WN3000RP handle all the wireless traffic.

In my situation that worked because my house is small and the WN3000RP covers the entire house.

I essentially moved, or bridged, my WIFI to the center of the house.

I have to keep my router in the corner bedroom because that's where my cable modem is. Had I moved the Cable Modem and Router to the living room, I would have achieved the same results. But I didn't want all that gear in the living room.
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GReid
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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

let wrote:
What if you need the coverage of both your router AND access point?

Could you simply give the access point the same SSID as the router?

I lose wireless on the access point after a day or so, yet the router wireless is still OK. Been a bear trying to figure out why.


For what it's worth. I left my main computer, the one next to the router on the router part of the network.

My daughters bedroom is also close to that computer, so it is set up to work with the router.

My living room, where 2 laptops, and the Blu-Ray reside are on the WN3000RP. Since the Master Bedroom and Living Room are the furthest away from the router, they are only configured for the WN3000RP.

I have had the system up like this for several days now, without any problems.
Message 8 of 16
Max07
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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

GReid wrote:
JFOX and BillS

I want to thank you for your instructions that you posted.

I spent the entire day yesterday trying to get my WN3000RP configured on my wireless network.

After reading your posts, I started again, using your instructions.

I was able to get all my laptop computers, Wii and Sony Blu-Ray with Netflix up and operational using the extender in very short order.

Now, I have internet access from the far end of the house using my I-Pad2.

I, like many, have been frustrated with little or no access when you get to far from the main router.

Good Job Grasshopper!! You done good!

OK, this was VERY helpful, and got me further than following either the "in the box" or the online directions (which conflict, by the way). However, I can't get my laptop to connect to the extender, sitting right next to it. I can still connect to the router, but the extender is telling me the security key is wrong, even though I copied it directly from the setup.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
Message 9 of 16
dduck1953
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Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

I'm having similar problems. I'm using the WN3000RP extender with a WNR2000 router. My problem is I have to reset the router EVERY day for the extender to allow my ipad to connect. My ipad shows I'm getting a strong signal with the extender, but no internet access. As soon as I reset the router, everything is fine, for a day. Before adding the extender, I hardly ever had to reset the router. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I called Netgear customer service and had the worst CS experience of my life. The gentleman I spoke to actually told me I didn't have a problem, sounded like everything was working fine. After 30 minutes, I finally agreed with him and hung up. Again, any help would be appreciated.
Message 10 of 16
miketyson_
Novice

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

Look at this, maybe the disconnection problem could be fixed
Message 11 of 16
shoeluvr
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

Thank you so much for this post! I have spent HOURS scouring the internet for instructions on how to connect my WN3000RP to the internet! Your post was the only useful one, and your WEP specific instructions were ever so helpful. I don't know what language the writers of the instructions speak, but the instructions manual was virtually useless! Thanks again...:-):)

jfox3366 wrote:
There are actually 2 ways where you can setup this extender. Either the manual process or using the WPS. As what you have indicated, you were having some problems with the WPS setup. So I suggest if you could do the manual setup instead.

Before doing the setup, I would also suggest if you could perform factory reset on the unit. While it is plugged in, kindly press and hold the reset button for a minute then unplug it from the power outlet and plug it back after 30 seconds.

1. Once the Extender is powered on and the Status LED is green, on your wireless PC, try to connect to NETGEAR_EXT (SSID) wireless network. After the connection with the PC is established, the PC to Extender LED turns green. Next, you need to connect the Extender to your existing Wi-Fi network.

2. Open a web browser window from the same PC, and the browser should take you directly to the on-screen setup guide. Or, you can always access the Extender settings by typing www.mywifiext.net in your browser URL bar


3. The web browser setup guide walks you through the following steps:

• Selecting the Wi-Fi network you would like to extend.
• Entering the security passphrase for the existing network. (Please make sure to enter your wireless security key properly). If your wireless security key is under WEP, please put this information on the Key 1 box and not on the Passphrase box. If its under WPA/WPA2, kindly just enter it on the Passphrase box.
• Choosing the name for your new Extender network. After this process, it will then ask you now to connect on your new extender's wireless network
• Connecting your wireless devices to your new Extender network.

4. Once your computer is successfully connected to your new extender's network, kindly complete the setup and check if you could establish a connection this time.
Message 12 of 16
Aleandaterzino
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

Is it possible to use this product as Bridge, connecting a device with an ethernet cable, and both in wi-fi repeater mode simultaneously?
Message 13 of 16
jmizoguchi
Virtuoso

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

You should able to
Message 14 of 16
mmoles
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

I had many many of the same connectivity issues for months. I finally changed the Channel # on my cable modem box from the default(which on mine happen to be 11) to another number (6). I didn't really expect this to fix my problem, but I was out of other ideas, and it did! I waited about 2 months before posting this, to make sure it was really working,

my disappointment is that I don't have full control of the WN3000RP for a lot of the network settings.

Mike
Message 15 of 16
TexasHD
Aspirant

Re: How I configured my WN3000RP

Okay, here is my issue, somewhat similar to previous posts.

I have a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Broadband Router and bought the NetGear WN3000RP.

I am currently using WEP (will change after reading the secuirty issues with this).

When I setup the extender, I log in and enter the information (but I did not put the WEP info in Box1 ? and put in pass phrase.) And I also select for the extender to use same name and SSID rather than the _EXT name. So when I try and access the network, all devices are redirected and asked to log in the mywifiext.net page. I then went back through setup and added the extendedr with the _EXT name and the same thing happens on all devices with the mywifiext.net page.
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