User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Get started
- 3. 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
- 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
- 4. Extender Network Settings
- Enable or disable the One WiFi Name feature
- Enable or disable Smart Connect
- Enable or disable MU-MIMO
- 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
- Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your extender
- Enable FastLane technology
- Enable or disable 20/40 MHz coexistence
- 5. FAQs and Troubleshooting
- 6. Factory Settings and Technical Specifications
To use the NETGEAR installation assistant to connect the extender to your WiFi
router:
1. Make sure that your computer or mobile device is set up to obtain an IP address
automatically from a DHCP server.
2. Connect a computer or mobile device to the extender using a WiFi or Ethernet
connection:
•
WiFi. On your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device, open the WiFi connection
manager and locate and connect to the extender network called NETGEAR_EXT.
When your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device is connected to the extender,
the Client LED lights solid green.
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Ethernet. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Ethernet port on your extender
to an Ethernet port on your computer.
3. Launch web browser.
4.
Enter http://www.mywifiext.net.
The NETGEAR installation assistant displays.
5. Follow the prompts to connect your extender to your existing WiFi network.
6. When you're done with the installation, Unplug the extender and move it to a new
location about halfway between your router and the area with a poor WiFi signal.
The location that you choose must be within the range of your existing WiFi router
network.
7. Use the Router Link LED to help you choose a spot where the extender-to-router
connection is optimal.
8.
If the Router Link LED doesn’t light amber or green, move the extender closer to the
router and try again.
Keep moving the extender closer to the router until the Router Link LED lights amber
or green.
9. Reconnect your computer or mobile device to the new extender WiFi network.
User Manual14Get started
AC1900 WiFi Mesh Extender Essentials Edition