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AC1750 WiFi Mesh Extender • If the extender cannot detect your WiFi network, check to see if your WiFi network is still working. Make sure that the WiFi router is turned on. If possible, move the extender closer to the WiFi router. • If the extender Client Link LED is red, the WiFi connection between the WiFi router and the extender is poor. You can establish the best connection with a clear line of sight between the extender and the WiFi router. Make sure that no physical obstacles exist between the extender and the WiFi router, and try to move the extender closer to the WiFi router. If you use the Smart Setup, and the extender does not connect to the WiFi router, does not connect to the Internet, or cannot get an IP address from the WiFi router, the Smart Setup displays a message to notify you that the extender is not configured. To run the Smart Setup again, click the YES button. To manually configure the extender, click the NO, CONFIGURE MANUALLY button. Cannot access mywifiext.net When you try to access www.mywifiext.net to set up your extender, you might receive an error message that says you are not connected to the extender's WiFi network. This website is not a regular Internet website. It is a local web address used to log in to the extender web interface and view the extender's settings. Your computer or mobile device must be connected to your extender network to access www.mywifiext.net. Try these troubleshooting tips to connect to www.mywifiext.net: • If you're trying to access www.mywifiext.net for the first time to set up your extender, see Connect with the NETGEAR installation assistant on page 13 and follow the instructions. • After you connect your computer or mobile device to the extender network, make sure that the extender's Client Link LED is solid white. If the Client Link LED is not lit, open your computer's or mobile device's WiFi connection manager and make sure that your device is still connected to the extender network. • Launch a web browser and enter the extender's default IP address, which is 192.168.1.250. If this IP address does not work, it is possible that your extender's IP address might have changed. You can log in to your router to view your extender's IP address. For more information, see Find the extender's IP address on page 58. FAQs and troubleshooting 60 User Manual

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If the extender cannot detect your WiFi network, check to see if your WiFi network
is still working. Make sure that the WiFi router is turned on. If possible, move the
extender closer to the WiFi router.
•
If the extender Client Link LED is red, the WiFi connection between the WiFi router
and the extender is poor. You can establish the best connection with a clear line of
sight between the extender and the WiFi router. Make sure that no physical obstacles
exist between the extender and the WiFi router, and try to move the extender closer
to the WiFi router.
If you use the Smart Setup, and the extender does not connect to the WiFi router, does
not connect to the Internet, or cannot get an IP address from the WiFi router, the Smart
Setup displays a message to notify you that the extender is not configured.
To run the Smart Setup again, click the
YES
button. To manually configure the extender,
click the
NO, CONFIGURE MANUALLY
button.
Cannot access mywifiext.net
When you try to access www.mywifiext.net
to set up your extender, you might receive
an error message that says you are not connected to the extender's WiFi network. This
website is not a regular Internet website. It is a local web address used to log in to the
extender web interface and view the extender’s settings.
Your computer or mobile device must be connected to your extender network to access
www.mywifiext.net
.
Try these troubleshooting tips to connect to www.mywifiext.net
:
•
If you’re trying to access www.mywifiext.net
for the first time to set up your extender,
see Connect
with
the
NETGEAR
installation
assistant
on page 13 and follow the
instructions.
•
After you connect your computer or mobile device to the extender network, make
sure that the extender’s Client Link LED is solid white.
If the Client Link LED is not lit, open your computer’s or mobile device’s WiFi
connection manager and make sure that your device is still connected to the extender
network.
•
Launch a web browser and enter the extender’s default IP address, which is
192.168.1.250
.
If this IP address does not work, it is possible that your extender’s IP address might
have changed. You can log in to your router to view your extender’s IP address. For
more information, see Find
the
extender’s
IP
address
on page 58.
User Manual
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FAQs and troubleshooting
AC1750 WiFi Mesh Extender