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
If all your devices and your WiFi router support only the 2.4 GHz band, or all your devices
and your WiFi router support only the 5 GHz band, do not enable FastLane Technology.
When you enable FastLane Technology, two options are available:
•
Use the 2.4 GHz band to connect the extender to the WiFi devices and use the 5
GHz band to connect the extender to the WiFi router. Use this mode if your WiFi
router supports the 5 GHz band but the devices that you want to use for gaming and
streaming support the 2.4 GHz band.
•
Use the 5 GHz band to connect the extender to the WiFi devices and use the 2.4
GHz band to connect the extender to the WiFi router. Use this mode if the devices
that you want to use for gaming and streaming support the 5 GHz band but your
WiFi router supports the 2.4 GHz band.
To activate FastLane mode:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to your
extender network.
2. Log in to your extender:
•
If you did not enable the One WiFi Name feature, enter http://mywifiext.local/
in the address field of the browser.
•
If you enabled the One WiFi Name feature, enter one of the following URLs:
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Windows-based computers. http://mywifiext/ or http://mywifiext.local/
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Mac computers, iOS devices, and Linux devices. http://mywifiext.local/
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Android devices. http://<extender’s IP address>/ (for example,
http://192.168.1.3/)
For more information about how to find your extender’s IP address, see Find
the extender’s IP address on page 58.
A login page displays.
3.
Enter your admin user name and password and click the LOG IN button.
The Status page displays.
4.
If your browser displays the Menu icon , click it.
The extender menu displays.
5.
Select Do More > FastLane.
The FastLane Technology page displays.
6.
Select the FastLane Technology radio button.
The page adjusts and displays two more radio buttons.
User Manual39Extender Network Settings
AC2200 Nighthawk X4 X4 WiFi Mesh Extender