User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Connect to the Network and Access the Router
- 3. Specify Your Internet Settings
- Use the Internet Setup Wizard
- Manually Set Up the Internet Connection
- Specify IPv6 Internet Connections
- Requirements for Entering IPv6 Addresses
- Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection
- Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
- Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection
- Set Up an IPv6 Pass Through Internet Connection
- Set Up an IPv6 Fixed Internet Connection
- Set Up an IPv6 DHCP Internet Connection
- Set Up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet Connection
- Maximum Transmission Unit
- 4. Optimize Performance
- 5. Control Access to the Internet
- 6. Share USB Drives Attached to the Router
- USB Drive Requirements
- Access a USB Device on the Network
- Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
- Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
- Control Access to the USB Drive
- Use FTP Within the Network
- View Network Folders on a USB Drive
- Add a Network Folder on a USB Drive
- Edit a Network Folder on a USB Drive
- Approve USB Devices
- Safely Remove a USB Drive
- 7. Access the Router’s USB Drive Through the Internet
- 8. Use the Router as a Media Server
- 9. Share a USB Printer
- 10. Specify Network Settings
- Disable LED Blinking or Turn Off LEDs
- View WAN Settings
- Set Up a Default DMZ Server
- Change the Router’s Device Name
- Change the LAN TCP/IP Settings
- Specify the IP Addresses That the Router Assigns
- Disable the DHCP Server Feature in the Router
- Reserve LAN IP Addresses
- Use the WPS Wizard for WiFi Connections
- Specify Basic WiFi Settings
- Change the WiFi Security Option
- Set Up a Guest Network
- How the Router Manages Wireless Clients
- Control the Wireless Radios
- Set Up a Wireless Schedule
- Specify WPS Settings
- Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point
- Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode
- Set Up a Wireless Distribution System
- 11. Manage Your Network
- 12. Use VPN to Access Your Network
- 13. Specify Internet Port Settings
- 14. Troubleshooting
- A. Supplemental Information
Specify Network Settings
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Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router
Internet through the wireless base station. The following figure shows a wireless repeating
scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 13. Wireless repeating scenario
Note: For you to use the wireless repeating function, security for your router
cannot be enabled and the router cannot use the auto channel feature.
You must set up a wireless base station and a wireless repeater:
• W
ireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point that bridges traffic to
and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and
wired local computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of the
child repeater access point. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.
• W
ireless repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers
to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
The router is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. If you
enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless
repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However
, if you enable the wireless base
station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base
station, dual-band concurrent mode is not affected.
Before you can set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points must meet the
following conditions:
• Use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
• Be on the same LAN IP subnet.
That is, all of the access point LAN IP addresses are in
the same network.
• All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same
LAN network address range as the access points.