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Common Netgear Extender Issues and Their Respective Solutions

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Netgear Range Extender is the ideal solution to get high-speed Wi-Fi in every room and corner of your home or office. They receive Wi-Fi signals coming from your existing router and extend them to provide full home coverage. Dead Zone - The location at your home where range of Wi-Fi disappears.
However, like any other electronic device, the Netgear Wi-Fi range extender also suffers from technologicalglitches. If anyone experienced these issues, it can ruin your Internet experience and slow down the Downloading & Uploading speed.

Improve your extender performance

Wi-Fi Extenders take just a few minutes to install and can give you full house Wi-Fi coverage with same Internet Speed. It is best to keep the extender halfway between your router and the dead zone. Your signal strength and bandwidth will be immediately extended and directed to the Dead Zone of the Wi-Fi in your home.
Keeping this in your mind, we have come up with this post, which sheds some light on 5 common Netgear Extender issues along with their relevant solutions. Let's get started:-

Troubleshooting: Netgear Extender Issues
1. Netgear Extender Can't Discover 5 GHzBand
It your Netgear Wi-Fi range extender is unable to detect the 5 GHz. wireless network of your router, try to change the Wi-Fi channel of your home router. Here's how:

Put your Wi-Fi in the same room as the main router.

Log in to your Routers web user interface. If you come across any type of issue when entering your Wi-Fi router, chat with the experts and they can assign a best technician, who can help you setup the extender.

Click on the Wireless Settings section after login.

Now, look for the channel option.

Change the router channel between 149-161 or 36-48.

Finally,hit on Apply button.

Once done, reconnect your Netgear Wi-Fi range extender to the 5 GHz band and check if connectivity is improved.

2. Netgear Extender unable to change SSID

Netgear Wi-Fi Extenders have their default SSID (network name) and password. However, if you need to change these details during the new extender setup to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your wireless network. If you are experiencing problems while changing the Netgear Extender SSID and passphrase, on a closed occasion, follow the instructions below:

Use your computer that is connected to the Netgear EX7000 through wired or wireless connection.
Note: Extender LED illuminates solid green to indicate that the device is currently connected to the Netgear EX7000.

Open any internet browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.

Enter www.mywifiext.net in the address bar of your internet browser
and hit enter button.

On the login page, type your Email and Password. Click Log In.

On the NETGEAR genie page, click on the Settings then Wireless Settings.

Enter any new Network Name (SSID).

Under Wi-Fi Password, select Use a Unique password and select your preferred Type of Security.

Enter your Password/Passphrase and verify it.

Scroll down and click Save to apply the changes.

Now, you have successfully changed your EX7000 wireless settings.

3. Netgear Extender Loses Internet Connection

The next issue on our list of the most common Netgear extender problems is 'Netgear Extender Keeps ‘ Lose internet connection'. To fix it, consider the following steps:

Make sure the adapter is connected to the extender provided power adapter and a live power outlet.

Ensure that the extender is within the Wi-Fi range of the wireless router and that the client device is connected to the extender network.

Open the expander GUI using w www.mywifiext.net.

And if you are asking for an email and password, please type in the email and password you have set up for the Extender account. Otherwise if it is asking for username and password, by default the username is admin and password is password. If the default password is not working then you must have already changed the password. So use the password you have changed.

Check if Extender has the latest firmware. If it does not have the latest version, upgrade the firmware to the latest.

Typically if a new firmware is available, there will be an alert for the topmost GUI for the new guide. Click the alert to update the firmware.

Otherwise, click on the device update page. If the new firmware is updated or not as shown in Figure 2, select "Check" to confirm. If a new firmware is found, proceed to update the firmware.

Note: For NETGEAR Extender with the latest NETGEAR Genie UI (example: EX7000), click on Firmware Update and then CHECK ONLINE.

After the firmware update is complete, reset the extender by placing a small pin or paperclip in the extender's reset hole for approximately 30 seconds. After resetting the extender, wait for the extender to boot properly (make sure the power light is either solid green or white).

Connect a device through either a wired or wireless network.

Reconfigure the extender. To install or reconfigure extender, see NETGEAR Wi-Fi Range Extender Installation.

In this way, you can easily get rid of the Netgear Extender losing the Internet connection issue.

4. Blinking Power LED on Extender
A blinking power LED is one of the frustrating Netgear Extender problems. In case, your NetgearExtender unable to get enough power supply, then you will see a blinking power LED on the Extender. Here are the steps to solve this problem on your device:

Turn off the router and then check it back to see if the power LED turns green or white.

Hold the reset button to restore the router to its factory settings.

LED Connect your computer to the router's LAN port if the power LED is still amber or blinking.

And set your computer's IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway to static. See How to set a static IP address on a computer?

After stabilizing your computer's IP address, open your command prompt.

For Windows, then click Start in the search box type cmd and press Enter.

For Terminal Mac OSX, click Go> Utilities> Terminal.

Type ping 192.168.1.1, then press Enter.

For Windows:

For Mac:

If it is getting replies, see Reinstall the firmware on a router without the setup CD recovery tool.

5. Unable to Adjust Wi-Fi Coverage on Netgear EX7000

Follow the steps carefully to adjust Wi-Fi coverage on the Netgear EX7000 Extender:

A connected browser or Wi-Fi device that is connected to the extender network launches a web browser.

Type www.mywifiext.net in the address bar of your browser.

When prompted for login, type your email-id and password and log in button.

Click Age Do More, then open Wi-Fi coverage.

Output Select a wireless output power button.

Click the Save button to apply the settings.

Therefore, these were the 5 major Netgear extender issues commonly reported by users. Here's hoping the above solutions helped you.

How to configure Wifi Range Extender manually?

It’s quite easy to configure Wifi WiFi Range Extender via manual setup. The configuration process depends on whether you use extender with an Ethernet port or not.