Connect WYZE Cam v3 to a netgear range extender

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I am unable to get the WYZE Cam v3 to connect wirelessly to my netgear range extender. has anyone had success doing this. And if so - any tricks to getting it to work.
i have a netgear router and a netgear extender -they both have the same SSID.
Thank You

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Since you mention the SSIDs are the same, have you moved it to the main router and tried installing it? Give it plenty of time after joining your network to register at Wyze, then move it to the area where the extender is, but do nothing buy plug it into power?

My guess is, you already tried this. If so, extender tech is really old by today’s standards. Might be time to look at stronger more powerful mesh gear. sorry.

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yes - and thank you for your reply - It works beautifully when it is near the main netgear router/wifi. but when i relocate it further away near to the extnder - it does not connect. the extender is connected to the internet and does provide pretty good network access.

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I had problems because my extender uses both wpa2-psk [aes] and [tkip]
“cannot find network name” and a bunch of other faults. I first tried to switch off 5 GHz, that does not did the trick, so I set my extender to only wpa2-psk [aes] then log in with my phone at the extender and connection of the camera was succesfull, at the moment I activated both [aes] and [tkip] again, the camera disconnected.
So please look into the extender and see if you can disable the [tkip] option, then switch off the 5GHz, connect with your phone to the extender and try to add the camera, after it is successful connected you can put on the 5GHz option but keep the connection to only wpa2-psk [aes] then it must work.

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thank you

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Did it work ?

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have not tried yet… doing this for a friend - havent been back to their place to experiment. thanks

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I had my doorbell connected to a tplink extender. I had the extender on its own SSID though

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Depending on which Netgear router/extender you have, using the same SSID might not work. Mesh networking uses it’s own protocol, and just changing the SSID to the same name won’t necessarily work the way you expect. Extenders like the EX3700 don’t play well with that topology.

As a test, try giving the extender a different SSID and see if your connection with the new SSID works fine. If it does, than you’ve found your problem.

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Have you had any luck connecting the extender? If so, do you mind sharing the model?

Thanks,

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no i did not. i ended up purchasing google wifi meshed wifi network

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I have no trouble connecting my R9000 WiFi router to an RX9000 (dowstairs), an EX7000 (detached garage) and an EX7300 (southeast end of house) all together at the same time and all Wyze hardware connect to all of them without issues, handing over to other SSIDs as they please.

but…

make sure the SSID are all set to be unique, otherwise the extenders don’t function well with themselves, or anything you try to connect to them. Pretending you have a mesh network by changing the SSID to be the same is not how mesh networks work.

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Thanks

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Even if the router is same brand, Netgear?

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i bough this last year. works fine . Amazon.com TP Link N300 from amazon

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How hard is to port the Wyze cam to the new SSID? Sorry if the question seems stupid, I’m new to all of this :slight_smile:

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Does that mean I have to climb up the ladder and scan the QR code again?

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I think I’m going to take my chances and name the extender’s SSID same as my router and see what happens. Thanks brother :slight_smile:

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What prevents them from factory resetting it and then add it to their account?!

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Pardon my ignorance, but how’s that possible? As far as I understand v3 are IP dependent, not MAC. So, once you factory reset it, that camera is good to go on any account. Am I missing something here? Please be gentle with me, I’m still trying to learn how all mighty Wyze Universe works :slight_smile: