Updating the firmware of the Netgear extender is one of the prominent methods that enhances the functionality of your device. New firmware is responsible for adding new features and upgrading the existing ones in your Netgear extender. Users are recommended to regularly update the firmware when new firmware is available for their extender. You can update the firmware either through a manual method or directly through the web interface of the mywifiext.net window.

Steps to update the firmware of the mywifiext.net through the manual method

1. You must note down the model name and version number of your Netgear extender, the firmware of which you are going to download from the downloads section of the official support website of Netgear.
2. Before visiting the browser, go to the official support website of Netgear to download available firmware for your extender.
3. When you have downloaded the firmware for your extender, do not forget to keep the downloaded file in an extracted form. You can extract the file through WinRar or any other file extraction software available on your computer.
4. Open a browser on your mobile device or the computer to which the home network is connected.
5. Type www.mywifiext.net as the URL of the browser and if you encounter any error you also can type the IP address of the Netgear Extender. You can google out the IP address if you don’t know it.
6. Press the enter button and you will be redirected to the default login window of mywifiext.net
7. Type “admin” on the username tab as a default login username and mention “password” on the password tab as a default password tab. If you have changed the password after the Netgear Extender setup process, then mention it in place of the default credential on the Password tab.
8. After mentioning the credentials, click on the login button and the default menu page of wifiext.net appears on the screen.
9. Go to the Advanced tab, select the Advanced settings tab then click on the Firmware Update tab.
10. As soon as you click on the Firmware update tab, the page displays on your screen.
11. If a user wants to update a firmware through the check process he can click on the Check Online button and if a new firmware is available, you need to follow the instructions to download it into your computer.
12. If you want to manually update the firmware of your Netgear Extender then find the Browse button and click on it.
13. Take your cursor to the location where you have downloaded the new firmware file. Select the new firmware file as soon as you find it. Users are recommended to keep the downloaded firmware file in an extracted form so that a user finds convenience in fetching the file and uploading it to the mywifiext.net interface.
14. Select the file and click on the Upload button to initialize the firmware update process.
15. Do not interrupt the update by performing any unnecessary activity within your computer. Avoid closing off the browser, Do not turn off the extender, avoid turning your computer into sleep mode, Avoid opening a new browser or opening a new tab in a current browser.
16. Any activity within the computer during the update process may lead to failure in the Firmware update process.
17. Wait for a while to let the update process complete and your extender will get uploaded with new firmware.

Note: While updating the firmware of a Netgear extender through a manual method, users are advised to keep the downloaded firmware file in an extracted form. The extracted firmware file provides convenience to users to easily upload it into the mywifiext.net interface. Make sure you have downloaded the correct firmware version, the incorrect firmware version may void the warranty of your Netgear extender and could permanently damage it.