I have successuflly setup my N300 EX2700 WiFi Range Extender and updated to Firmware V1.0.1.52However: I did so with an ethernet chord connected to the extender, in the same room as the router.I am able to connect my phone and tablet wirelessly to the extender, but when I attempt to do so with the very same laptop I setup the extender with, I get the error message 'Windows was unable to connect to Network_EXT.' I am also unable to connect to http://www.mywifiext.net/ from my laptop. (Operating System on the laptop is Windows 7.)Why would this be?

Hi fflanders - Please refer to the article below. Once you're able to get into the extender's UI, please ensure that your Internet IP address is set to "Get Dynamically IP Address From Router" is enabled. In order to do this go to Setup>Internet Setup. https://kb.netgear.com/29746/I-can-t-access-www-mywifiext-net-what-do-I-do ~Christian

Hi Christian,What do you mean by, 'once you are able to get into the extender's UI.' By this, do you mean access the http://www.mywifiext.net/ page? How do I do the method: Setup>Internet Setup, to ensure that my Internet IP address is set to "Get Dynamically IP Address From Router" is enabled? Is this done someplace within the windows OS control panel? Or elsewhere? Thanks

Hi fflanders, Correct. Please use http://www.mywifiext.net/ to access the extender's admin page. Once logged into the admin page, please click Setup and then click Internet Setup. After, please click on Get Dynamically IP Address From Router. ~Christian

I can only login with one device, my tablet, and when I do, the screen says at the top:'Your Wifi extender connection is up and running.' Beneath that is a image depicting the router, the extender, and various device.Beneath that, a blue button, which says, "SMART SETUP." and then beneath that, various information, such as hardware version, firmware version, and on and on.If I click on "SMART SETUP," it is basically a do-over of the entire setup process, asking me to "select an existing network you would like to extend." If I do this, I would have to be in the same room as the router, so I have optimal conditions for connectivity to the router.Is this the only way to find Internet Setup. After, please click on Get Dynamically IP Address From Router. ?Or am I missing something?Thanks

So, basically, do I have to setup the extender again to access the admin page? Sorry, for sounding so daft, I simply do not see a way to access the mywifext.net without starting the entire process all over again Is there a way to simply go in and see the settings and alter then without redoing the entire setup?thanks

Unable to connect laptop to N300 EX2700, but can with other devices

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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 20, 2018
Hi fflanders - Please refer to the article below. Once you're able to get into the extender's UI, please ensure that your Internet IP address is set to "Get Dynamically IP Address From Router" is enabled. In order to do this go to Setup>Internet Setup.

https://kb.netgear.com/29746/I-can-t-access-www-mywifiext-net-what-do-I-do

~Christian
- fflanders
  Aspirant
  Dec 21, 2018
  Hi Christian,
  
  What do you mean by, 'once you are able to get into the extender's UI.' By this, do you mean access the http://www.mywifiext.net/
  
  page? How do I do the method: Setup>Internet Setup, to ensure that my Internet IP address is set to "Get Dynamically IP Address From Router" is enabled?
  
  Is this done someplace within the windows OS control panel? Or elsewhere?
  
  Thanks
  - Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Dec 21, 2018
    Hi fflanders,
    
    Correct. Please use http://www.mywifiext.net/ to access the extender's admin page. Once logged into the admin page, please click Setup and then click Internet Setup. After, please click on Get Dynamically IP Address From Router.
    
    ~Christian

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Unable to connect laptop to N300 EX2700, but can with other devices