User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Get started
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. FAQs and troubleshooting
- 6. Supplemental information
6.
Unplug the extender and move it to a new location about halfway between your
router and the area with a poor WiFi signal.
7. Use the Router Link LED to help you choose a spot where the extender-to-router
connection is optimal.
8.
If the Router Link LED doesn’t light amber or green, move the extender closer to the
router and try again.
Keep moving the extender closer to the router until the Router Link LED lights amber
or green.
9. Reconnect your computer or mobile device to the new extender WiFi network.
Install your extender in access point mode
You can use the extender as a WiFi access point, which creates a new WiFi hotspot by
using a wired Ethernet connection. The following instructions assume that this is the
first time you're setting up the extender.
Figure 3. Extender in access point mode
To install your extender in access point mode:
1. Make sure that your computer or mobile device is set up to obtain an IP address
automatically from a DHCP server.
2.
Set the Access Point/Extender switch to Access Point.
3. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet.
4.
Wait for the Power LED to light amber and then turn green.
User Manual14Get started
AC1750 WiFi Mesh Extender