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
Access a Storage Device Connected to the
Extender From a Windows Computer
To access the USB storage device from a Windows computer:
1. Insert your USB storage device into a USB port on your extender.
2.
If your USB storage device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB storage device to the
extender.
When you connect the USB storage device to the extender USB port, it might take
up to two minutes before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB storage device
is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. Select Start > Run.
4.
Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box.
5. Click the OK button.
A window automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the USB storage
device.
Map a USB Device to a Windows Network
Drive
To map the USB storage device to a Windows network drive:
1. Insert your USB storage device into a USB port on your extender.
2.
If your USB storage device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB storage device to the
extender.
When you connect the USB storage device to the extender USB port, it might take
up to two minutes before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB storage device
is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. Select Start > Run.
4.
Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box.
5. Click the OK button.
User Manual57Share USB Storage Devices
Attached to the Extender
Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender