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Re: Secure wifi on WNDR3400 v.2 Router but no security showing for extender.
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I've connected a wireless extender to my WNDR3400 v.2 router. The router has WPA-(SK)?security but my phone shows the extender ( "N1") has"none" i.e., no security. How do I set up security for the extender,( assuming I need i)?
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Model WN3000RPv3,. Because I didn't understand them then but already downloaded those instructions the day before I was going to try again to [[[[[[create]]]]]] security for the extender by trial and correction
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Thanks some more. I have to reflect awhile on what I am doing and not doing because my concern is that I'm screwing up my computer. When I started out with one set of "connection"instructions I followed part of the display of a screenshot of the extender guide in German but captions in English.WOW. From that encounter I had my extendr wired with an Ethernet cable between my extender and PC and I was changing my TP/IP protocol. Now my PC seems to be crawling between page changes. A restore of the PC didn't help much because I opted for a more limited successful reversion (several hours)with no risked or perceived "affected" changes over a day's reversion in which so many items were to be removed that would have to be reinstalled...never in all my years of restorations. Fer-get about it! for now, I'm just going to pull the plug, literally, on the extender because whatever I want to use it for can wait until I work on (and mess up) several other projects. Thanks again..ya know ambiguous information/communication is in the mind of the receiver, never that of the giver. Resetting the extender may be necessary and workableas perhaps "do's" and "undo's" but not restorations and un, un, un restorations in my experience.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In a message dated 12/17/2016 1:06:08 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time, community@netgear.com writes:Hi hhh799,
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Re: Secure wifi on WNDR3400 v.2 Router but no security showing for extender.
The extender broadcasts its own, separate Wi-Fi network. Some extenders will automatically copy the password used by the main Wi-Fi network. If yours did not do this, then you need to log into the extender and change the Wi-Fi password.
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Re: Secure wifi on WNDR3400 v.2 Router but no security showing for extender.
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Thanks for speedy reply. My cell doesn't ask for a password to get on my extender nor does my router so it comes to mind that perhaps it doesn't ask me for a passwordbecause I'm recognized as part of my network. Then again it does show under "security"."none". I tried logging on to the extender from my phone's Chrome browser as well as my desktop chrome browser but no matter whether using the IP address found for the extender on the phone or the domain names indicated in the Netgear article I read,( ex XXX_ext) I cou not manage to find or determine how to log in. Is it possible I could do so through the Netgear Genie and if so how...and if not, how else? I'm uncomfortable keeping it (the extender) plugged even when not conversing over that "line" for fear of s/o else using the unsecured extender as their "hotspot".
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Re: Secure wifi on WNDR3400 v.2 Router but no security showing for extender.
I've never used the Netgear Genie app, so I can't help you with that.
The usual method to connect to a Netgear extender is to connect to its Wi-Fi network (i.e. XXXX_EXT) and open a browser to http://mywifiext.net. The extender intercepts requests to that URL. If you see the error, "YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO YOUR EXTENDER’S WIFI NETWORK. PLEASE CHECK YOUR CURRENT CONNECTION AND TRY AGAIN," then you are not connected to your extender.
If you are really unsure whether the extender's Wi-Fi network has a password, then you should reset it to factory settings and set it up from scratch.
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Model WN3000RPv3,. Because I didn't understand them then but already downloaded those instructions the day before I was going to try again to [[[[[[create]]]]]] security for the extender by trial and correction
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Sent: 12/17/2016 2:25:08 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time
Subj: Re: Secure wifi on WNDR3400 v.2 Router but no security showing for extender. ...
Thanks some more. I have to reflect awhile on what I am doing and not doing because my concern is that I'm screwing up my computer. When I started out with one set of "connection"instructions I followed part of the display of a screenshot of the extender guide in German but captions in English.WOW. From that encounter I had my extendr wired with an Ethernet cable between my extender and PC and I was changing my TP/IP protocol. Now my PC seems to be crawling between page changes. A restore of the PC didn't help much because I opted for a more limited successful reversion (several hours)with no risked or perceived "affected" changes over a day's reversion in which so many items were to be removed that would have to be reinstalled...never in all my years of restorations. Fer-get about it! for now, I'm just going to pull the plug, literally, on the extender because whatever I want to use it for can wait until I work on (and mess up) several other projects. Thanks again..ya know ambiguous information/communication is in the mind of the receiver, never that of the giver. Resetting the extender may be necessary and workableas perhaps "do's" and "undo's" but not restorations and un, un, un restorations in my experience.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In a message dated 12/17/2016 1:06:08 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time, community@netgear.com writes:Hi hhh799,
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