Top 20 NetGear WN2000RPT Repeater Questions & Answers

This message means your extender is too far away from your wireless router to make a good connection. Repeaters must be within a good signal range for the connection to work properly. If you have a wifi enabled phone, tablet, or laptop, you can walk around your home and see where the signal reaches and how well. Repeaters should be placed where you still receive full or close to full signal. Repeaters may have issues if the wireless router is on another floor, behind metal, or too far away.

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The password is wrong for the connection you are choosing. Don't try and log into the router, just the extender, they should not overlap in wireless ranges, other wise this can cause problems.

good day,

• might as well get the mac address of your device and configure that n the router as a dedicated device. If not try to restore to earlier date.

old old post, reset the router start over, all have reset button hold for 30second and release and it goes back to factory settings and no PW. the manual covers that. here. v1 is here, thy have 3 versions, not just one. of this device. https://www.netgear.com/support/product/WN2000RPTv1.aspx

No such command in the router. See Manual http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WN3000RP/WN3000RP_IG_13APR2012.pdf

The Pin number is usually written on the label at the back of the router.

It should be the password of your routers wifi... but if it did not work reset the extender back to factory default settings. .. press and hold the reset hole on the back of the extender for 15 seconds...powercycle extender.reconnect to the extenders network which netgear_extonce its connected try to run the wizard again ... u can use mywifiext.net or u can use the ip address 192.168.1.250... follow the wizard and use same settings of the existing network ... make sure u have the right key... if your using WEP for your routers security make sure you type in the key on the key 1 box during installation ... :)

the password should be the same password of your wifi on the router...

You cannot wirelessly reboot it. You have to physically turn off the power to reboot it.

You need to be able to see the wireless SSID, otherwise you are out of range.

I found this answer online - but I didn't save where - I did add to it a bit after the ** Leah DH(:

Netgear WN2000RPT Setup Instructions

Maybe since I purchased a refurbished Netgear WN2000RPT it didn't come up with setup instructions but once I emailed support they quickly responded with the info below and it worked immediately.

Do this setup and your Netgear WN2000RPT range extender will work: 1. With the help of a paper clip, press the reset button on the back of the extender for 20 seconds (please refer to the label on the bottom of the extender for reset button location). Release the reset button after 20 seconds and turn off the extender. Turn the extender on after few seconds. 2. Connect the extender to the computer with an Ethernet cable. Make sure that there is no connection between your router and the computer either wired or wireless. (I did this part by turning off the antenna to my laptop)**I went to the Network and Sharing Center and on the left click on "Change Adapter Settings" after that right click on your Wireless Network Connection and choose "Disable". Don't forget to re-enable when you're done. 3. Open a browser to start the Smart Wizard. **I had to use Internet Explorer and compatibility mode 4. Please select your Preferred Language and click on continue. 5. Let the Extender detect the list of networks available in the locality. 6. Select your network and note down the security assigned for your network and click on continue 7. Type in the security key for your network,please note that if you have WPA security assigned on your network type the network key in passphrase box and if you have WEP security setup on your network type in the network key in the Key1 box and click on continue. **I've read elsewhere NOT to use WEP security with this extender.

(Read this one carefully) 8. Assign a name for the Extender as per your choice, also make sure that option "Use the Same security and passphrase as those for the existing network" is checked and then click on continue. **Under the step #3 Configure Extender I had to right click and refresh because there was no "continue" button! 9. Let the smart wizard establish the connection. On the next screen Click on the button "I have connected to the extender network" and click on continue. 10. Now click on the finish button to close the page. 11. It should ask you to save the page as bookmark, please save the page for future use. 12. Now open a new browser and check if you are online. (turn your antenna back on)**Re-enable your Wireless Network Connection. 13. You can now unplug the Ethernet cable from the extender and scan for the SSID of the extender and connect to it using the same network key as for you existing router.

Netgear WN2000RPT Setup

The most important part of the Netgear WN2000RPT setup is that you should NOT just plug it in and use the setup wizard. The setup does not make it clear what you should do when you get to the page with Key 1, Key 2, Key 3 & Key 4. If you follow the directions above which I got by emailing to ask about Netgear WN2000RPT setup then it will work the first time without any problem at all. Just read the Netgear WN2000RPT setup instructions above carefully first and then go through the step by step setup instructions slowly, one at a time and be sure you do exactly what it says. If you follow the directions above you will find that you can do your Netgear WN2000RPT setup without any problem at all.

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Need more help? Don't call me! I only know that this worked for me and it was super easy to follow the directions. I don't work for Netgear and I'm not really a techie.

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This happened to me too and it would be nice to get an answer, otherwise I will have to take it back to the store due to faulty manufacturing

please provide full details of the problem you are having.

in the meantime check this video site for connection of ROKU using wireless connection.

Are you trying to connect to it through netgear_net or netgear.net?

Try hard reseting via the reset button and let me know what happens. I will also need more information like what you have tried and the results of trying to connect.

Jim
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www.prestoncomputerservice.com

Hi,

Welcome to Fixya. You need to check the Network Name or SSID if it is Netgear_Ext on the setup page.

- To login to the WN2000 setup page make sure that the computer is connected to the extender using ethernet cable.
- Open a Browser and enter http://www.mywifiext.net. Type admin as the user name and password is the password
- Under Settings select Wireless Settings
- The Name (SSID) field you can type a new to customize your Network Name.
- Try to connect to the SSID or Network Name
- If you have security make sure that you know the Network Key or Passphrase, you can personalize the Key aswell

You can also refer to the manual below.

Netgear WN2000 Manual

If you have questions please let me know. Thanks for using Fixya.

will my ext. wn2000rptv work with my phone wifi / hotspot

Check the following link
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31318-netgear-wn2000rpt-universal-wifi-range-extender-reviewed?showall=&start=1
you will find the steps necessary there

This product was never released with a installation cd as per NetGear

http://www.netgear.com/products/home/wireless-range-extenders/wireless-range-extenders/WN2000RPT.aspx

But I found this that might help

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14239/~/wn2000rpt-faqs

Try to upgrade your router's firmware .
Netgear WN2000RPT Universal WiFi Range Extender Firmware 1.0.0.2 drivers -here-
Installation Instructions:
1. Download the firmware to a convenient place such as your desktop.
2. Log in the router using http://www.routerlogin.net.
3. Click Maintenance > Router Upgrade.
4. Click Browse and locate the file you just downloaded.
5. Click Upload. While the firmware is loading, do not interrupt the upgrade process.
6. The router reboots when the upgrade is complete.
7. After the router boots up, log in the router again.
8. To check that the upgrade was successful, log in to the router again at http://www.routerlogin.net and check the firmware version.