Quick Start AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Extender Model EX7300v2
Getting started Your extender boosts your router’s WiFi signal and enhances the signal quality over long distances.
Meet your extender Before you install your extender, learn about its LEDs, buttons, and port.
LED Description Router Link LED WiFi connection from the router to the extender: • Solid green. Best connection. • Solid amber. Good connection. • Solid red. Poor connection. • Off. No connection. Client Link LED WiFi connection from your computer or mobile device to the extender: • Solid green. Best connection. • Solid amber. Good connection. • Solid red. Poor connection. • Off. No connection. Power LED • Solid amber. The extender is booting. • Solid green. The extender is powered on. • Off.
You can use your extender in extender mode or in access point mode. In extender mode, your extender repeats the signals from your WiFi router. After initial setup, the best location for the extender is about halfway between your router and the area with a poor WiFi signal. The extender must be within the range of your WiFi router network. In access point mode, your extender creates a new WiFi hotspot by using a wired Ethernet connection.
Install the extender in extender mode 1. Set the Access Point/Extender switch to Extender . 2. For initial setup, place your extender in the same room as your WiFi router. 3. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet. Wait for the Power LED to light green. This might take up to 2 minutes. If the Power LED doesn’t light, press the Power On/Off button on the extender. Continue with installation, using one of these methods: • To connect your extender using WPS, see the following section.
Connect the extender to your WiFi network using WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets you join a secure WiFi network without selecting the network name and entering the password. 1. Press the WPS button on the extender until the WPS LED blinks green. 2. Within two minutes, press the WPS button on your router. The WPS LED on the extender lights solid green, the Router Link LED lights, and the extender connects to your WiFi network. If the Router Link LED doesn’t light, try again.
4. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet and wait for the Power LED to light green. 5. Use the Router Link LED to find a spot where the extender-to-router connection is optimal. 6. If the Router Link LED doesn’t light amber or green, plug the extender into an outlet closer to the router and try again. Keep moving the extender to outlets closer to the router until the Router Link LED lights amber or green. 7. Connect your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device to the WiFi network.
Connect the extender to your WiFi network using the NETGEAR installation assistant The installation assistant guides you through the steps to connect your extender to your WiFi network. 1. Connect your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device to the extender using a WiFi or wired Ethernet or connection: • WiFi. On your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device, join the the extender WiFi network NETGEAR_EXT. Note: NETGEAR_EXT is the extender’s default WiFi network. • Ethernet.
The Router Link LED lights when the extender connects to the router WiFi network. 4. Unplug the extender and move it to a new location about halfway between your router and the area with a poor WiFi signal. The extender must be within the range of your WiFi router network. 5. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet and wait for the Power LED to light green. 6. Use the Router Link LED to find a spot where the extender-to-router connection is optimal. 7.
Install the extender as an access point You can use your extender as a WiFi access point, which creates a new WiFi hotspot by using a wired Ethernet connection. 1. Set the Access Point/Extender switch to Access Point 2. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet. The Power LED lights green. If the Power LED doesn’t light, press the Power button. 11 .
3. Connect a computer or mobile device to the extender using a WiFi or Ethernet connection: • WiFi. On your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device, join the extender WiFi network NETGEAR_EXT. Note: NETGEAR_EXT is the extender’s default WiFi network. When your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device is lights. connected to the extender, the Client LED • Ethernet. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Ethernet port on the extender to an Ethernet port on your computer.
Note: Don’t connect your extender directly to your DSL or cable modem. The extender doesn’t function as a router. If your network includes a DHCP server, you can connect the extender to a switch or hub that is connected to the DHCP server. 6. Return to the NETGEAR installation assistant and follow the prompts to finish setting up your extender as an access point Log in to the extender After installation, you can log in to the extender to view or change the extender’s settings. 1.
-- Mac computers, iOS devices, and Linux devices. http://mywifiext.local/ -- Android devices. http:/// (for example, http://192.168.1.3/) To find your extender’s IP address, do the following: a. Log in to your router. b. Find the page in your router web interface that lists the devices connected to your router. c. Find your extender in the list and note your extender’s IP address. d. Enter your extender’s IP address in the address field of your web browser. A login page displays. 3.
FAQs You can find more information about your product in the user manual, which is available at www.netgear.com/support. The NETGEAR installation assistant keeps asking for my network password (passphrase) or security key, and I am sure that I entered the correct password. What can I do? The extender is probably placed at the borderline of the range covered by the router or access point. Move the extender closer to your router.
I forgot my login email and password. What can I do? On the login page, click the Username & Password Help link to answer the security questions you set up during the initial setup. If you forgot the answers to your security questions, you can set up your login credentials again: 1. Restore the extender to its factory default settings. (See the following page.) 2. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device connected to your extender network. 3.
A login page displays. 4. Click the NEW EXTENDER SETUP button. 5. Complete the fields on the page. How do I restore the extender to its factory default settings? 1. Use a sharp object such as a pen or straightened paper clip to press and hold the Factory Reset button on the extender for at least five seconds until the Power LED blinks amber. 2. Release the Factory Reset button and wait for the extender to reboot. The extender resets and returns to the factory default settings.
To receive an IP address from the extender and access the Internet, you must provide the translated MAC address to the router. 1. Log in to your router and disable the MAC filter, wireless access control, or ACL. For more information about how to disable your router’s MAC filter, wireless access control, or ACL, see your router’s documentation. 2. Power on the extender and connect all your devices to the extender network. 3. Make sure that the Router Link LED remains lit. 4.
A login page displays. 5. Select Settings > Connected Devices. The Connected Devices page displays the MAC addresses and virtual MAC addresses for the extender, wired devices, and WiFi devices that are connected to the extender. 6. On the router, add the extender’s virtual MAC addresses and all the virtual MAC addresses of the devices connected to the extender to your router’s MAC filter table. 7. Enable the router’s MAC filter, wireless access control, or ACL.
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