Netgear Extender 6100

My PC is in my study, while my TalkTalk router is in my room before some 30 feet away. I'm not very technical interest, but as I had problems connecting with my PC I decided to try a 6100 Extender. It is in an outlet in the lobby between my living room and my study. First set up was easy and I was soon connected and delighted that the number of bars shown on my connection went from two to five. I also have a streaming hi fi in my study so I connected it to my extension as well, but then that in the past, he would lose connection on the odd occasion, plugged into the Extender it lost connection every ten to fifteen minutes. I solved this problem by connecting the hi fi back directly on the router and it now works again.

This morning, the PC said there is no internet connection, but like the hi fi play webradio I assumed something was wrong with the Extender. I tried to connect the PC directly to the router, but it still says no internet connection, I checked my Tablet and phone which are connected to the router and they were both very good. I had to disable the Extender and restart the router and on back - turning on the PC it is reconnected to the internet through the Extender. The kit else happily reconnected to the router.

I've never had this problem with my PC and don't understand why it wouldn't connect. Also why does my internet radio not connect via the Extender. This is not a problem because the reception is very good most of the time. I have however read others say that the Extender loses a wi fi connection and I wonder if there is a problem with these. I wonder if I should have bought instead powerline adapters. If so these will work with the extension sockets?

Hi CornishDave,

There are two ways to update your EX6100.

Either automatically by clicking on "check for update" in the settings page

or by manually downloaded the file from the link provided above, then download it on the settings page.

The download is a. file zip , you can open it with a program like WinRAR. Inside is a. chk file, you would have to download this file in your settings page.

See page 40 of 48 for instructions:

http://www.downloads.NETGEAR.com/files/GDC/EX6100/EX6100_UM_27Oct2015.PDF

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