User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Get Started
- 3. Extender Network Settings
- Enable or disable One WiFi Name
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Adjust the WiFi coverage
- 5. Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Extender
- USB Device Requirements
- Connect a USB Storage Device to the Extender
- Access a Storage Device Connected to the Extender From a Windows Computer
- Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive
- Access a Storage Device That Is Connected to the Extender From a Mac
- Turn the USB Port Off and On
- Add a Network Folder on a USB Storage Device
- Password protect a folder on a USB storage device
- Change the Network or Device Name
- 6. Use the Extender as a Media Server
- 7. FAQs and troubleshooting
- 8. Supplemental Information
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Share USB Storage Devices
Attached to the Extender
This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage drive attached to
your extender. The USB port on the extender can be used to connect only USB storage
devices such as flash drives or hard drives, or a printer. Do not connect computers, USB
modems, CD drives, or DVD drives to the extender USB port.
The chapter contains the following sections:
• USB Device Requirements
• Connect a USB Storage Device to the Extender
• Access a Storage Device Connected to the Extender From a Windows Computer
• Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive
• Access a Storage Device That Is Connected to the Extender From a Mac
• Turn the USB Port Off and On
• Add a Network Folder on a USB Storage Device
• Password protect a folder on a USB storage device
• Change the Network or Device Name
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