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WiFi Channel locked to "Auto" and clashes
My brand new EX6200 has had the latest firmware applied and is generally functioning fine in all respects. Except... I've noticed that it is using Wifi channel 2, which directly clashes with the router it is extending, so of course I'd like to change that. But the Wireless settings screen has the channel selection as Auto and this setting is greyed out - I cannot change it. I see that other people are able to edit this, which is as it should be. But why can't I? I've searched online, in the manual and here, but I seem to be unique with this problem. If I can't change it, this unit is useless to me, the channel 2 clash makes using the signal an unreliable and sometimes painful experience (for example, it sometimes pauses for ages on "obtaining IP address" when my clients try to connect.
EX6200 need to reboot every 5 days!!
Latest firmware sees the EX6200 needing a reboot every five days, why?? I have been waiting for netgear to send a returns advice but nothing received, this is month three. Also with the new firmware (latest) the 2.4 Ghz light is orange then it just doesn't connect other than doing a reboot. Then it fails all over again. If its not fixed I am going to Lynksys, this is nothing more than rubbish. Fix it!!
Loosing connection AC 1200
Will I am kind of disappointed with my new AC 1200 . I had bought this to replace my netgear 3000 expander I had for 2 years. Had build a new 3 bedroom house 30x54 raise ranch house and the modem comes in in the basement by the power box I also ran 2 cat 5 cables from bedroom 2 and 3 to the modem and in the living room I have a smart tv and a xbox . My 3000 was plug in at the wall where a closet and 2 small bedrooms away from the comcast wifi modem is in the basment. I would stream videos to my tv from my pc an would at times be choppy and game playing the xbox would get disconnected from the internet. I'm thinking that I will have to run a cat 5 or a 6 from the living room to the modem. I bought the AC 1200 thinking it would be a lot better than my 3000 "not". I saw I was getting 38% where my 3000 is the modem and 100% to my xbox and tv and tried bedroom 3 and pick up at 64% but was back in loosing connection to the tv and xbox? So even in spending the money on a powerful expander and having a unfinished basement with all the air ducts and wires and pipes it does not work unless your on the same level as the modem. So now that I have to run a cat5 from the living room will a wifi router be better to connect in the living room or just add a cat5 splitter to the tv an xbox , I did want wifi thru out the house. :mad:
virtual MAC addresses?
I saw another thread here that says that the EX6200 extender assigns so-called "virtual MAC addresses" to its clients. This might be why my laptop and iPad can't connect to wifi - I have MAC filtering turned on on the main router, and these virtual MAC addresses aren't registered. How do I figure out what they are, so that I can allow them?
Brother MFC9840CDW Drops Wifi Connection - Offline
My current setup is below: http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=91552 I have a Brother MFC9840CDW printer that will not stay connected to my wifi. It drops after about 1-2 minutes. I've had it for years and it's only recently started this. I am not sure what's going on. Any suggestions on what I can try? My next solution is to buy another EX600 and put it by my printer to plug it in via Ethernet.
EX6200: Extension Wifi hotspot Orange
Bonjour, Je cherche à étendre le réseau hotspot Orange. Connexion d'un smartphone sur Hotspot Orange (sans EX6200) Le reseau hotspot Orange est ouvert, la connexion se fait sans clef wep. Une fois connecté en wifi, il faut entrer un login/passwd sur une page internet Orange qui s affiche automatiquement. Une fois les login/password entrés, je peux naviguer sur internet avec mon smartphone. Connexion d'un smartphone sur Hotspot Orange via EX6200 Le EX6200 se connecte bien au hotspot d Orange. Mon smartphone se connecte bien au hotspot étendu crée par l' EX6200. En revanche quand je tape une URL sur mon smartphone, j ai un message d erreur disant qu il n'y a pas de connection internet. La page Orange qui permet d' afficher le login/password hotspot Orange ne s'affiche pas sur mon smartphone. Y a t il des paramètres particuliers à configurer dans l'EX6200 pour étendre un hotspot Orange ? Modele EX6200 AC1200 Wifi Range Extender Version firmware : version V1.0.3.76_1.1.111 Petite précision: mon EX6200 fontionne très bien pour étendre mon réseau wifi Orange perso sécurisé. Merci