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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Set up the extender to use a static IP address................................37
Adjust the WiFi coverage..................................................................38
Enable FastLane technology.............................................................39
Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your
extender...............................................................................................40
Chapter 4 Maintain and monitor the extender
Change the extender login user name and password..................43
Turn password protection off and on..............................................44
Recover a forgotten user name or password..................................45
Automatically adjust for daylight saving time.................................46
Manually set the extender clock.......................................................46
Back up and manage the extender configuration..........................47
Back up the configuration settings...................................................48
Restore the configuration settings...................................................49
Return the extender to its factory default settings.........................50
Use the Reset button.....................................................................50
Log in and reset the extender to factory settings......................50
Update the extender firmware..........................................................52
Check for new firmware and update the extender....................52
Manually upload firmware to the extender................................53
Restart the extender from the extender web interface..................54
Turn the LEDs On or Off....................................................................55
Chapter 5 FAQs and troubleshooting
FAQs.....................................................................................................58
Find the Extender’s IP address..........................................................59
Cannot Connect to the Extender......................................................60
Cannot Join a WiFi Network and Receive an Error Message.......60
Cannot access mywifiext.net.............................................................61
Cannot connect to extender using the Nighthawk app................62
Chapter 6 Supplemental Information
Factory Default Settings.....................................................................64
Technical and Environmental Specifications..................................65
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AX1800 4-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender