Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Start Guide
- Range Extender User Manual
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Get Started
- Optimize Extender Performance
- Extender Network Settings
- 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
- Maintain and Monitor the Extender
- Change the Extender 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 Firmware
- Turn the NETGEAR Logo LED On or Off
- Restart the Extender Remotely
- Share a USB Storage Device
- Use the Extender as a Media Server
- Share a USB Printer Through the Extender
- FAQs and Troubleshooting
- Factory Settings and Technical Specifications
Extender Network Settings
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AC1900 WiFi Range Extender
Use WPS with the Push Button Method
To use the Push Button method to connect a WiFi device to the extender’s WiFi network, the
WiFi device that you are trying to connect must have a physical push button or a software
push button.
To use WPS to add a computer or WiFi device to the extender’s WiFi network:
1. On a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the extender network, launch a web
browser
.
2. In the address field of your browser
, enter www.mywifiext.net.
3. When prompted, enter your email address and password.
4. Click the Menu icon
.
The extender menu displays.
5. Select Settings > Do More > Connect Devices (WPS).
6. Leave the Push Button (recommended) radio button selected.
7. Click the WIFI PROTECTED SETUP (WPS) button.
Both Link Rate LEDs
and the Device to Extender LED blink green for two
minutes.
For two minutes, the extender attempts to add the computer or WiFi device to its WiFi
network.
8. Within two minutes, go to the computer WiFi device and press or click its WPS button.
9. T
o verify that the WiFi device is connected to the extender’s WiFi network, select
Settings > Connected Devices.
The WiFi device displays onscreen.
Use WPS with the PIN Method
To use the PIN method to connect a WiFi device to the extender’s WiFi network, you must
know the PIN of the WiFi device that you are trying to connect.