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Is anyone successfully using Netgear WN3000RP with Airport Extreme?

Got a brand new WN3000RP wifi range extender. I went through the installation several times myself and several times with tech support to no avail. Tech support told me to return it for a new one.

Everything is connected and the install process goes smoothly but I ultimately cannot ever use the extended network to connect to the Internet. I can see the range extender's mac address on the router but the two devices don't seem to talk to each other.

I'm just wondering if I'm going to have the same problem with a new one or not and wondering if it's even compatible with Airport Extreme routers.

I'm using Airport Utility version 6.1.

Can someone out there can let me know if they got this device working with their Airport Extreme?

Also, what are my other options to extend my range?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion, 2.8 GHz Four-core i7, 16GB RAM

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 3:03 PM

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Oxygen70

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Apr 16, 2015 6:38 PM in response to DarfJon

thanks!

ubxogph

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8 points

Mar 13, 2016 4:49 PM in response to DucatiDude1198s

Hi group, my situation is a high rise condo in LA has cement and double drywall construction. I have a Arris surfboard with Time Warner 200mb/s speed. In the livingroom with the arris I get about 150-230mb depending on the day but in the master bedroom at the farthest end of the condo I get about 8-15mb. I originally had airport expresses extending but no help. Last night bought a Netgear ex6150 extender and a nighthawk modem r7000 as a backup idea if the airports won't work.

So, right now I have a the airport connected to the arris then the ex6150 in the bedroom getting 25-35mb/s speed but I don't understand the assigned mac address you guys discuss above. Are you referring to the DHCP Reservation in the DHCP Range pane of the airport>network>dhcp reservation pane that has a spot for item description and an ip address or do you mean time access control pane. Thanks Dave

Aug 17, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Oxygen70

Oh my goodness, thank you. Yours was the simplest and most elegant solution here (and the one that worked) - and remarkably, neither this option nor the "Genie" was mentioned in ANY of the NETGEAR instructions or troubleshooting tips. How is that possible? I just extended my TimeCapsule with a Netgear EX3700.

Oct 27, 2016 4:07 AM in response to Oxygen70

Oxygen70 has the solution. Worked for us. Thanks.

Oct 22, 2017 10:38 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Thanks very much, Bob. I guess I’ve resigned myself to that, it’s still better than nothing, and much cheaper than today‘s Airport Express.

Oct 22, 2017 2:44 PM in response to Bob Timmons

That’s great, thank you very much

Peter

Is anyone successfully using Netgear WN3000RP with Airport Extreme?