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
When to use your extender
We recommend that you connect through the extender network only when your WiFi
device is in a “dead zone” where connection from the existing network is poor or
nonexistent. Data traffic routed through the extender is inherently slower than traffic
routed directly from the network.
How the extender works
The extender works like a bridge between a WiFi router (or a WiFi access point) and a
WiFi-enabled device outside the range of the WiFi router. The extender performs two
main jobs:
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The extender connects to a working WiFi network.
When the extender connects over WiFi to an existing network, it functions as a
network client, similar to how a WiFi-enabled device connects to a network.
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The extender acts as an access point for WiFi-enabled devices.
The extender broadcasts its own WiFi network that WiFi devices can join. In its role
as an access point, the extender performs tasks that WiFi routers do, such as
broadcasting its network name (SSID).
The extender must do each of these jobs so that both ends of the bridge are in place.
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AC2200 Nighthawk X4 X4 WiFi Mesh Extender