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WN 2000rpt problematic with drop signal and buggy firmware update
Hello, I have a Netgear wn2000rpt extender with the original firmware that drops the connection to the wireless router. This is what I have done so far: Set the RPT MAC and IP address as a static address on the Wifi router. FAIL- same issue Reset to factory Use WPS button to automatically set up router and the RPT used the same SSID and WPA2 security as the router. .FAIL- same issue Reset to factory Manually connect to the setup interface and used the wizard to configure the RPT and it uses the same SSID and WPA2 as the router. .FAIL- same issue After looking up the issues on google i tried to reconnect to the RPT using the web address www.mywifiext.net Fist on windows 7 with IE .FAIL webpage connection error Next with Chrome .FAIL webpage connection error Next on windows 10.FAIL webpage connection error on both IE and chrome Next I used an old IPAD and could connect to the RPT GUI and found out that it had the original firmware. Next I download the .24 firmware and tried to upload it but the RPT GUI could not find the file. FAIL Next the instructions said I might have to unzip the file (really for firmware?) so I attempted to unpack it using winzip Result was a readme file and and img file (that winzip saw as a zip file but could not unpack) Attempted to load the img flie with the same result as the prior FAIL Next contacted netgear support but they wanted a fee to update the RPT Firmware. FAIL- might as well put the money to a new extender but with this experience I am forced to carefully shop for a better product. So unless someone has specific instruction on how to work around all the bugs on the Netgear wn2000rpt I guess I'll use this as a door stop for now. Case: WN2000RPT dropps connection and can't update firmware, no knowlege base