User 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
- Boost your video streaming with FastLane technology
- Enable or disable 20/40 MHz coexistence
- 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
- Return the extender to its factory default settings
- Update the extender firmware
- Restart the extender from the extender web interface
- 5. FAQs and troubleshooting
- 6. Supplemental information
Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
LEDs........................................................................................................6
Side and bottom panels.......................................................................8
When to use your extender.................................................................9
How the extender works......................................................................9
Chapter 2 Get started
Install your extender in extender mode...........................................11
Place the extender and apply power..........................................11
Connect the extender to an existing WiFi network...................11
Connect with WPS.....................................................................11
Connect with the NETGEAR installation assistant.................13
Install your extender in access point mode.....................................14
Connect a device to the extender network.....................................16
Connect a device to the extender network using WiFi.............17
Connect an Ethernet-enabled device to the extender.............18
Connect a device to the extender network using WPS.............18
Log in to the extender after installation...........................................19
Run the Smart Setup installation.......................................................19
Chapter 3 Extender Network Settings
Enable or disable One WiFi Name...................................................22
Enable or disable smart connect......................................................23
View connected devices....................................................................24
View WiFi settings...............................................................................25
Change the WiFi network name.......................................................26
Turn off the SSID broadcast to create a hidden network..............27
Disable or enable the WiFi radios....................................................28
Change the WiFi speed.....................................................................29
Use WPS to add a computer to the extender’s WiFi network.......30
Use WPS with the push button method......................................30
Use WPS with the PIN method.....................................................31
Deny access to a computer or WiFi device.....................................33
Set up an access schedule.................................................................34
Change the extender’s device name...............................................35
Set up the extender to use a static IP address................................36
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