× Introducing the Orbi 970 Series Mesh System with WiFi 7 technology. For more information visit the NETGEAR Press Room.
Orbi WiFi 7 RBE973
Reply

phone can connect and use N300 wifi range extender but laptop cannot connect at all

skygod3286
Follower

phone can connect and use N300 wifi range extender but laptop cannot connect at all

I've installed wifi range extender sucessfully.

I can use this extend wifi to my phone, printer and other devices.

However, only the laptops (I have two laptops; lenovo and toshiba) cannot use this extend wifi at all.

Even the laptop find the wifi but just cannot connect. When I connect the extend wifi, it shows that "cannot connect to this network".

Regular wifi is working but it is very slow to use. 

How should I fix the problem to use faster wifi?

Model: EX2700|N300 WiFi Range Extender
Message 1 of 2
DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: phone can connect and use N300 wifi range extender but laptop cannot connect at all

Hello Skygod3286

 

Did you name the extender the exact same as the main routers SSID if you did it could be causing a conflict with your laptop trying to use the routers settings with the extender you may want to change the SSID if so. Also make sure you are using WPA2 security.

 

DarrenM

Message 2 of 2
Top Contributors
Discussion stats
  • 1 reply
  • 2107 views
  • 0 kudos
  • 2 in conversation
Announcements

Orbi WiFi 7