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
LEDs
The following table describes the LEDs.
Figure 2. Front panel
Table 1. LED descriptions
DescriptionLED
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Slow blinking white. The extender is booting, or the extender is resetting
to its factory default settings.
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Solid white. The extender is powered on.
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Fast blinking white. The firmware is corrupted.
•
Off. The extender is powered off.
Power LED
This LED indicates the WiFi connection between the extender and the router.
•
Solid white. Best connection.
•
Solid amber. Good connection.
•
Solid red. Poor connection.
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Off. No connection.
Router Link LED
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