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Contents Experience Next-Generation WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Optimize Your WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Share Files Across Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Boost Your Video Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connect Ethernet-Enabled Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Experience Next-Generation WiFi Your new WiFi extender supports the 802.11ac networking standard. This new standard offers better speed, improved reliability, and more range than older WiFi networking standards. Your extender is backward compatible with prior WiFi standards. However, to get the benefits of 802.11ac, your router must support the 802.11ac WiFi networking standard. To learn more about the 802.11ac WiFi networking standard, visit http://www.netgear.com/landing/80211ac/.
Optimize Your WiFi The NETGEAR WiFi Analytics app provides detailed information to help you optimize your WiFi home network. To install the app, visit the Google Play store or scan the QR code. The WiFi Analytics app provides the following: • • • Network status. Get an overview of all available WiFi networks, including signal strength, channel, security protocol, MAC address, and more. Channel interference. Identify crowded and clear WiFi channels and get channel connection recommendations.
Share Files Across Your Network You can share data that is stored on most common USB storage devices across your network with ReadySHARE® USB Storage Access. USB 3.0 port To access a USB device from a Windows computer: 1. Insert your USB storage device into the USB 3.0 port on the extender. 2. Select Start > Run. 3. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box. 4. Click the OK button.
To access a USB device from a Mac: 1. Insert your USB storage drive into the USB 3.0 port on the extender. 2. In Finder, select Go > Connect to Server. 3. In the Server Address field, type smb://readyshare as the server address. 4. Click the Connect button. To change the ReadySHARE folder name on the extender: If you have a NETGEAR router that supports ReadySHARE, the router’s default ReadySHARE folder name is \\readyshare. The extender’s default ReadySHARE folder name is also \\readyshare.
4. In the Network/Device Name field, type a new name. Note: After you change the network/device name, the folder name also changes. 5. Click on the Apply button. Your changes are saved. Boost Your Video Streaming Get the most out of your HD entertainment with FastLane™ Technology. FastLane Technology connects to your router using one band and connects to your devices using another band. Because a band is dedicated to each function, performance is enhanced. To activate FastLane mode: 1.
4. Select Advanced > Operating Mode. The Operating Mode screen displays. 5. Select the FastLane Technology radio button. 6. Review the two FastLane Technology options and choose the band–either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz–that is compatible with most of your devices. If you are not sure which band your devices use, check your user manuals or search the Internet. 7. Click the Apply button. Your changes are saved.
Connect Ethernet-Enabled Devices You can use your extender to wirelessly connect as many as five Ethernet-enabled devices, such as smart TVs, game consoles, and Blu-ray players, to your WiFi router or access point at gigabit speeds. After your set up your extender, plug the Ethernet cable from a device directly into the extender’s gigabit Ethernet port.
Connect a Printer To connect a printer to your extender and enjoy wireless printing from your laptop and other devices, use your extender’s ReadySHARE Printer feature. To set up your printer: 1. See if your computer already has the printer driver software installed. A printer driver is the software that enables your computer to communicate with your printer. If your computer has printer driver software installed, go to Step 2.
2. Connect your printer’s USB cable to the extender’s USB port. USB 3.0 port 3. Visit www.netgear.com/readyshare and download the ReadySHARE Printer utility for Windows or Mac. 4. Install the ReadySHARE Printer utility. After you install it, the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer. 5. Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center. A list of available printers displays. If this is the first time you are running the utility, you are asked to select a default printer. 6.
If you have problems printing, follow these troubleshooting tips: • • • Some firewall software blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the printer. If you do not see the printer listed in the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility, disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work. The NETGEAR USB Control Center utility must be running in the background for printer sharing to work. If you exit the utility, you cannot access the printer on your WiFi network.
Change Your Settings To change your password or other settings: 1. Connect to the extender’s WiFi network. 2. Open a browser on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone and visit www.mywifiext.net. 3. Log in using the following credentials: • User name. admin • Password. password If you changed the default password, enter the password you created. 4. Make any needed changes.
FAQ Here is where you can find answers for difficulties you might experience. NETGEAR genie keeps asking me for my WiFi password and I am sure I entered the correct password. What can I do? It is likely that your extender is placed at the borderline of the signal range covered by your main WiFi router. To improve your signal strength, move your extender closer to your router and make sure that the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Link Rate LED lights solid amber or green.
My router security is WEP, and I entered the wrong passphrase or security key on the extender. I cannot access the extender anymore. What can I do? The extender cannot check to see if the WEP passphrase is correct. If you entered the wrong passphrase, your wireless device is not able to get the IP address from the extender. You must reset the extender to the factory defaults to get the IP address back. I am connected to NETGEAR_EXT and launched a browser.
What are the default user name and password to log in to the extender? If you are online at http://www.mywifiext.net, you can use the following to log in: • • User name. admin Password. password I completed the NETGEAR genie smart setup, but my wireless devices cannot get the IP address from the extender. What should I do? Make sure that the passphrase you entered on your wireless device is correct, and power cycle the extender and your router.
I enabled a wireless MAC filter, wireless access control, or access control list (ACL) on my router. What should I do when installing the extender? When the WiFi device connects through the extender to your router, the MAC address of the WiFi device shown on the router is translated to another MAC address. If your router's MAC filter, wireless access control, or ACL is enabled, the WiFi device connects to the extender but cannot get an IP address from the extender and cannot access the Internet.
4. Log in to your extender. a. Launch a web browser and in the address field, enter www.mywifiext.net or www.mywifiext.com. A login screen displays. b. Enter admin for the user name and password for the password. 5. Select Maintenance > Attached Devices. The Attached Devices screen displays the MAC addresses and virtual MAC addresses for computers and WiFi devices that are connected to the extender network. 6.
10. Convert the extender’s MAC 1 address and add the new MAC 1 address to your router’s MAC filter table. For more information, see the user manual. a. Convert the first two hexadecimal values in the extender’s MAC 1 address to binary. See the user manual for the conversion table. b. Toggle the second to last digit of the binary code to one or zero. If the second to last digit is one, toggle it to zero. If the second to last digit is zero, toggle it to one. c.
Technical Support Thank you for purchasing this NETGEAR product. After installing your device, locate the serial number on the label of your product and use it to register your product at https://my.netgear.com. You must register your product before you can use NETGEAR telephone support. NETGEAR recommends registering your product through the NETGEAR website. For product updates and web support, visit http://support.netgear.com. NETGEAR recommends that you use only the official NETGEAR support resources.
