My Netgear extender not working, what to do?

Sometimes, after using the Netgear wireless range extender for quite a while, it stops working. It simply does not connect or if connected, it does not give us internet access. It could be due to various reasons. It could be due to some problem in the home router or it could be due to the Netgear wireless range extender itself or it could be due to many other reasons. But, if we want to solve any problem, first we should know what the problem is. So, to find out where the problem is, we could simply go through few instructions.

# Checking the hardware Netgear wireless range extender

When our Netgear wireless range extender is not working, the first thing that we could do is to check the hardware of Netgear wireless range extender whether, it is working properly or not. We can check that very easily by checking some LED indicators on Netgear wireless range extender itself. We could see some LED indicators at the front of every Netgear wireless range extender. The first thing we have to is to look for power LED indicator. If the power LED indicator would be solid green, then it means the Netgear wireless range extender is up and its running. That means, there is no problem in Netgear wireless range extender.

# Checking the home router

The next thing we can do is to check the all settings on our router. We can check if we are able to connect any Wi-Fi device with our routeror not. If we are, then we can login into our router and we can go through basic settings on the router setup page. We can check all the devices which are connected to the home router and look for Netgear wireless range extender, if it is there or not. If we could find the Netgear wireless range extender, that’s fine but, if its not there, we have to add the Netgear wireless range extender once again.

# Resetting the Netgear wireless range extender

If we have tried everything and nothing is working, the, we could simply rest the Netgear wireless range extender and set it up all over again. There would be reset hole at the back of Netgear wireless range extender. We just have to enter the pin onto that hole and press it for 20 seconds. After that, we have to wait for two minutes and it will get reset. After resetting the Netgear wireless range extender, we have to set it up all over gain like we first bought it. We just have to use the web browser setup or WPS (wireless protected setup) to setup the Netgear wireless range extender. Once, the setup will be completed, the Netgear wireless range extender will start working.

http://wifirouterextendersetup.net/

What is the difference between router and device link LED?

Every model of Netgear wireless range extender comes with a set of LEDs at front. Out of all LEDs, few of them are common to all the Netgear wireless range extenders. The router link LED, device link LED, power LED and WPS LED are the most common and can be located on every model of Netgear wireless range extender. Every LED on Netgear wireless range extender specify different states of Netgear wireless range extender. It could be Very beneficial to know about all the functions of LED in increasing the performance of Netgear wireless range extender.

# Router link LED

We could find the router link LED at the left top of Netgearwireless range extender. The router link LED indicates the connection between the extender and the home router. IT could be solid green, solid amber or it could be off. If the router link LED on Netgear wireless range extender is solid green then, it means, it is having a best connection. If, it is solid amber, it means, its having a good connection. But, if the router link LED on Netgear wireless range extender is not lead up, that means, it is having no connection. So, every time the Router link LED should always be solid green on the Netgear wireless range extender.

# Device link LED

The device link LED could be found on the right top of the Netgear wireless range extender. The device link LED indicates the connection between the extender and a Wi-Fi enabled device like a smartphone or a laptop. It could be solid green, solid amber or it could be off. If the device link LED is solid green, that means the connection is best. If it is solid amber, that means it’s a good connection. But, if it is off that means, there is no connection. So, every time the device link LED on the Netgear wireless range extender should be solid green.

# All solid green LED means no problem

We do not have tocheck all the LEDs on the Netgear wireless range extender all the time. We could just place the Netgear wireless range extender somewhere in our home and we could find the right location for it to be placed very easily. If all the four solid green LEDs will be up on the Netgear wireless range extender, that will indicate that, it is having best connection and its working fine from that location. We do not have to change the location of Netgear wireless range extender. If all the four LEDs are solid green, that means, we are good to go and we do not have to touch the Netgear wireless range extender again.

http://wifirouterextendersetup.net/