Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- User Manual
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Get Started
- 3. Extender Network Settings
- Enable or disable the One WiFi Name feature
- 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
- Adjust the WiFi coverage
- Enable FastLane technology
- Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your extender
- 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
- Back up the configuration settings
- Restore the configuration settings
- Return the extender to its factory default settings
- Update the extender firmware
- Restart the extender from the extender web interface
- Turn the LEDs On or Off
- 5. FAQs and troubleshooting
- 6. Supplemental Information
- Quick Start
Quick Start
1
On your mobile phone, download the
Nighthawk app, available on Google
Play and the Apple App Store.
Connect your mobile phone
to the extender WiFi network
called NETGEAR_EXT.
Open the Nighthawk app
and follow the step-by-step
instructions to set up your
extender.
2
Download the
Nighthawk app
Install your
extender
3
WiFi Settings
Device Manager
Devices (11)
“Rick’s WiFi”
Network Map
Nodes (4)
Internet Speed
Check out everything you can
do on the Nighthawk app! Run a
speed test, see all the connected
devices, and more.
Do more with
the app