User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Get Started
- 3. Extender Network Settings
- Enable or disable the One WiFi Name feature
- Enable or disable Smart Connect
- Enable or disable MU-MIMO
- Enable or disable WiFi 6
- View connected devices
- View WiFi settings
- Change the WiFi network name
- Turn off the SSID broadcast to create a hidden network
- Disable or enable the WiFi radios
- Change the WiFi speed
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- Use WPS to add a computer to the extender’s WiFi network
- Deny access to a computer or WiFi device
- Set up an access schedule
- Change the extender’s device name
- Set up the extender to use a static IP address
- Adjust the WiFi coverage
- Enable FastLane technology
- Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your extender
- 4. Maintain and Monitor the Extender
- Change the extender login user name and password
- Turn password protection off and on
- Recover a forgotten user name or password
- Automatically adjust for daylight saving time
- Manually set the extender clock
- Set your time zone
- Back up and manage the extender configuration
- Back up the configuration settings
- Restore the configuration settings
- Return the extender to its factory default settings
- Update the extender firmware
- Restart the extender from the extender web interface
- Turn the LEDs On or Off
- 5. FAQs and troubleshooting
- 6. Supplemental Information
For example, if your extender connects to the router’s 2.4 GHz WiFi band only, your
extender uses your router’s 2.4 GHz WiFi settings for both its networks. The following
tables show an example of what your extender WiFi network names might look like:
Table 4. Existing dual-band router WiFi names example
Example router WiFi namesDual-band router WiFi networks
MyWiFiexample2.4 GHz router WiFi network
MyWiFiExample-5G5 GHz router WiFi network
Table 5. New extender WiFi names example
Example extender WiFi names
(if the extender connects to the 2.4 GHz router
WiFi network only)
Extender WiFi networks
MyWiFiExample2.4 GHz extender WiFi network
MyWiFiExample5 GHz extender WiFi network
If your extender connects to the router’s 5 GHz WiFi band, your extender uses your
router’s 5 GHz WiFi settings for both its networks. The following tables show an
example of what your extender WiFi network names might look like:
Table 6. Existing dual-band router WiFi names example
Example router WiFi namesDual-band router WiFi networks
MyWiFiexample2.4 GHz router WiFi network
MyWiFiExample-5G5 GHz router WiFi network
Table 7. New extender WiFi names example
Example extender WiFi names
(if the extender connects to the 5 GHz router
WiFi network only)
Extender WiFi networks
MyWiFiExample-5G2.4 GHz extender WiFi network
MyWiFiExample-5G5 GHz extender WiFi network
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