RE3001, RE3002 300Mbps Wi-Fi Range Extender User Guide 1
Important Safety Instructions 1. Do not open this product or attempt to service it; it may expose you to dangerous high voltage or other risks. 2. Do not operate this product near water. 3. Do not place or operate this product near a radiator or a heat register. 4. Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do not connect this product or disconnect it from a wall socket during a lightning or a thunderstorm. 6.
Preface Thank you for choosing MTC! Please read this user guide before you start! This user guide instructs you to install and configure your device. This user guide applies to RE3001\RE3002, the RE3001 is used as an example throughout this user guide. This user guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages: ICON Description This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.
Contents Important Safety Instructions.......................................................................................................................... 2 Preface ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Contents ..........................................................................................................................................................
1 Configure PC TCP/IP Settings .............................................................................................................. 50 Windows 7 ..................................................................................................................................... 50 Windows XP ................................................................................................................................... 56 2 Troubleshooting.........................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The Wi-Fi Range Extender is dedicated to Small Office Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. It will extend your existing wireless network and mobility within your wireless network while also allowing you to connect a wired device to a wireless environment. Increased mobility and the absence of cabling will be beneficial for your network. With using IEEE 802.11N wireless technology, this device can transmit wireless data at the rate of up to 300Mbps (2.
Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Appearance 2.1.1 The products front panel The LED indicator displays information about the Wi-Fi Range Extender’s status. Indicate Status Indication On The Wi-Fi Range Extender is on. OFF The Wi-Fi Range Extender is off. SYS WPS connection in progress. It may take up to 2 Fast Flashing minutes. RE The Wi-Fi Range Extender has established a secure Slow flashing connection, and the signal strength is adequate.
OFF Flashing WIFI No active connection. WiFi Function is On WiFi Function is OFF (you can setting the WIFI OFF function ON/OFF in the BASIC settings) On A device is connected to the ETHERNET port. LAN OFF No device is connected to the ETHERNET port. RE/RST: Under the electricity situation, press and hold the button (about 6 seconds) until all the LEDs turn on momentarily, then release the button and wait the Wi-Fi Range Extender to reboot to its factory default setting.
2.2 system requirement Every PC Ethernet connection device (wired internet card or wireless internet card and Ethernet cable). TCP/IP network software (compatible with Window XP/Window 7/Window 8). Internet Explorer 8 or higher versions or Firefox. 2.3 Connection Instruction 2.3.
connection rules: 1. Plug the ranger extender directly into a wall socket but not the multiple sockets. 2. To take full advantage of the filter function of the Repeater and to improve data transmission in the network, always plug the multiple sockets into the integrated electrical socket of the Repeater.
Note Environmental factor will have influence on the distance of wireless transmission. Please connect the device correctly based on the picture as shown above. Do not place the left and right side radiating grooves of the device facedown, in order to avoid damage to the device. 2.3.3 Hardware Connection Note Before connecting, please make sure that you can surf the internet in your computer to use the reticle provided by ISP.
2) No Obstacles and Spacious - Clear obstacles in the way between the Wi-Fi Range Extender and the up level router. It’s better to locate it in a spacious place, such as near the corridors. 3) No Interference - Keep the Wi-Fi Range Extender far away from wireless interference, which may come from electrical appliances that works in the same frequency band as the Wi-Fi Range Extender, such as Blue tooth devices, cordless phones, microwave ovens, etc.
automatically‖ and ―Obtain DNS server address automatically‖ from the device. ① Click Start -> Control Panel. ② Click Network and Internet. ③ Click Network and Sharing Center.
④ Click Change adapter settings. ⑤ Click Local Area Connection and select Properties. ⑥ Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
⑦ Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK ⑧ Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window to save your settings 15
Note If you need to configure the IP address manually, please set the PC’s IP address and Wi-Fi Range Extender IP address in the same subnet, because the Wi-Fi Range Extender’s default IP is 192.168.1.1, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, so your IP should set 192.168.1.XXX; XXX cannot be 1.
Chapter 3 Configuring the Device Manually 3.1 Log in the Wi-Fi Range Extender 1. To access the device’s Web-based Utility, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. 2. Enter ―http://192.168.1.1‖. Press ―Enter‖. (You can login to the device’s page through the following two domains: ―mtc.setup.cn‖ or ―re300x.setup.
Tips Default Password is ―admin‖ The default language is French. You can change the language between English and French. Web page layout Web page have：Primary & Secondary navigation bar、Configuration zone、Help information zone four parts，as shown below. Note Device does not support web page, function display will appear abnormal, please refer to the actual situation of equipment software. Different browsers and the same browsers but different version the web page may different in display.
No Name 1 Primary 2 Secondary Description User can easily Select functions in the navigation bar menu, Select the results displayed in the configuration section 3 Configuration zone Configure and view area. 4 Help information The help information of current page Note Change the resolution of the screen the ―help information‖ may become ― you want to refer the ―Help information‖ please click the symbol.
Note Change the resolution of the screen or login by small screen terminal, the ―navigation bar menu‖ may become ― ‖ as above shown, if you want to refer the ―navigation bar menu‖ please click the symbol.
Apply Application current page configuration Cancel Cancel current page configuration Save Save current page configuration Refresh Refresh current page configuration Add Add item Delete Delete item resetOOB resumed to not configured mode Backup Backup current information Upgrade Upgrade current information Reboot Reboot the device Clear Clear current page information Connect Allow connection Disconnect Disallow connection 3.
Parameters specification: Operation Mode: displays the mode of operation. Connection Status: displays the status of connection. Tips Help information on the right page available. Click ―Goto Configure‖ enter the configure page directly. Knowledge Expansion AP: The most basic mode of multi-function is Access Point. In this mode, the AP will act as a central hotspot for different wireless LAN clients.
3.2.2 System Status This page displays ―Connected Clients‖, ―System Version‖, ―Running Time‖, ―System Time‖. Parameters specification: Connection Clients: displays the number of connected clients. System Version: Firmware Version. Running Time: Displays the time duration indicating how long the device has been up since startup. Up time is recounted and renewed upon power off. System Time: Current system time on this device.
3.2.3 LAN Status Parameters specification: IP Address: The device’s LAN IP Address (not your PC’s IP address). Subnet Mask: The device’s LAN subnet mask. DHCP Server: the status of DHCP server. LAN MAC Address: The device’s physical address. Tips The default IP address is 192.168.1.1. The default Subnet Mask value is 255.255.255.0. If the device as a DHCP server, here shown as enabled. Otherwise disabled.
3.2.4 Wireless Status Parameters specification: SSID Name：The name of Wireless. BSSID: The MAC Address of Wireless. Channel：The Channel of Wireless. Security Mode: Encryption schemes. Tips The default SSID is RE300X_XXXXXX, where XXXXXX is the last six characters in the device's MAC address. You can find it on the label attached on the bottom of the device. 3.3 Quick Setup In this page you can configure the mode of operation.
Here are two modes AP and Universal Repeater: 1) AP mode configure : Set steps: ① Select ―AP‖ mode and click ―NEXT‖ button. ② Enter SSID, select channel ③ Select ―Security Mode‖ and ―WPA Algorithms‖ ④ Enter the Pass Phrase. ⑤ Click “NEXT‖ enter the next page. ⑥ Click ―Save‖ to confirm your settings.
Set steps: ① Select ―Universal Repeater‖ mode and click ―NEXT‖ button. ② Enter Up level router’s SSID, select channel, Security Mode, WPA Algorithms and Pass Phrase (all of this accordance with the up level router’s wireless settings). Or you can click “Open Scan” search the wireless signal automatically. ③ Click “NEXT‖ enter the next page. ④ Enter the SSID you want to, the default is RE300X_XXXXXX.
⑤ Select Security Mode and WPA Algorithms. ⑥ Enter the Pass Phrase. Or you can click “Support Wireless Roaming” button to extend the up level wireless signal. ⑦ Click “NEXT‖ enter the next page. ⑧ Click ―Save‖ to confirm your settings.
This Wi-Fi Range Extender’s wireless information I configured in the picture as below: Click “NEXT‖ enter the next page. Click ―Save‖ to confirm your settings. Use your smart phone or PC with wireless card, search the ―RE300X_123456‖ signal, connect and enter the pass phrase you have configured above to surf the Internet. Connect you desktop and this device with cable.
Tips Under the Universal Repeater mode, press the RE/RST button on the Wi-Fi Range Extender upper panel with the up level router’s WPS/QSS button at the same time about 1-3s, the Wi-Fi Range Extender will automatically connect with the up level router.
Parameters specification:： MAC Address：It displays the device’s LAN MAC Address. IP Address：It displays the device’s LAN IP Address. Subnet Mask: it displays the device’s LAN Subnet Mask. Tips 1. Default IP address and subnet mask are respectively 192.168.1.1 and 255.255.255.0. 2. Be sure to make a note of any changes you apply to this page. If you change the LAN IP address of the device, you have to open a new connection to the new IP address and login again. 3.
Click ―Save‖ to confirm the settings Connect this device through Ethernet cable. Use your smart phone or PC with wireless card search the ―RE3002_123456‖ signal and enter the pass phrase if you have configured. 3.4.2 DHCP Server Click ―DHCP Server” enter the DHCP Server page, here you can configure DHCP Server. Set Steps： ① Click ―Network Settings‖. ② Select ―DHCP Server‖.
DHCP Server: Select whether enable or disable the DHCP server feature. Start IP Address and End IP Address: You can specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool here. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the device’s LAN IP address. Enter the Lease Time. Knowledge Expansion DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) assigns an IP address to each device on the LAN/private network.
3.4.3 DHCP List & Binding Set Steps： ① Click ―Network Settings‖. ② Select ―DHCP List & Binding‖. Enter the IP Address and MAC Address. Click ―Add‖ add to the DHCP list. Click ―Refresh‖ to update the related DHCP client information. Tips You can know whether there are unauthorized accesses by viewing the client list. Also, you can specify a reserved IP address for a PC in the LAN. That PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server.
Enter the last number of the IP address you want to reserve, for example, 100. Enter the MAC address of 44:37:E6:4F:37:3B. Click ―Add‖. Click ―Save‖ to save your settings. Tips 1. If the IP address you have reserved for your PC is currently used by another client, then you will not be able to obtain a new IP address from the device's DHCP server, instead, you must manually specify a different IP address for your PC to access Internet. 2.
Set Steps： ① Click ―WLAN Settings‖ ② Select ―Basic Settings‖ ③ Select Network Mode ④ Enter SSID name (Default name is RE300X_XXXXXX) ⑤ Select ―Channel‖ ⑥ Select ―Channel BandWidth‖ Parameters specification: Network Mode: The currently used network mode, the default is 11b/g/n mixed mode. SSID: It is the unique name of the wireless network and can be modified. Broadcast (SSID): Select ―Enable‖ to enable the device’ SSID to be scanned by wireless devices. The default is enabled.
Extension Channel: This is used to ensure N speeds for 802.11n devices on the network. This option is available only in 11b/g/n mixed mode with channel bandwidth of 20/40. Note The wireless default is Enable. The SSID must be entered. Knowledge Expansion Network Mode (802.11 Mode): Select a correct mode according to your wireless clients. 11b: This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 11Mbps and is only compatible with 11b wireless clients.
② Select ―Security Settings‖. ③ Select ―Security Mode‖. ④ Click ―Save‖ to save your settings. Parameters specification: Security Mode: WPA – Personal、WPA2 – Personal、Mixed WPA/WPA2 – Personal. Security Mode Disable WPA – Personal WPA2 – Personal Mixed WPA/WPA2 – Personal Instruction Not open this function Support AES and TKIP cipher types Support AES, TKIP and TKIP+AES cipher types Both WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal secured wireless clients can join your wireless network.
WPA Algorithms: Wi-Fi Protected Access Algorithms. Pass Phrase: The default is 12345678. Key Renewal Interval: Key update interval. Knowledge Expansion 1. WEP: (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is the wireless transmission of data between two devices for encryption, to prevent illegal users wiretapping or invade the wireless network. 2. AES: (Advanced encryption standard) is an iterative, symmetric key group password. If selected, wireless speed can reach up to300Mbps. 3.
3.5.3 Advanced Settings In this section, you can configure the advanced wireless setting for the device. Including Beacon Interval, TX Power and Basic Data Rate and so on; if you have no idea how to configure these wireless rules; keeping its default value is advisable. Note If you are not professional, not recommended for the page Settings, in order to avoid wireless performance becomes poor.
default is 100. Fragment Threshold: Every packet fragmentation threshold. Once the data exceed the threshold, it will be divided into several segments. The value is between 256 and 2346, the default is 2346. RTS Threshold: Request-to-Send Threshold, use the RTS/CTS mechanism, reduce the possibility of conflict. The value is between1-2347, the default is 2347. TX Power: To improve the wireless transmission power, under the condition of long distance connection can promote wireless performance.
1. Select ―Off‖ to allow all wireless clients to join your wireless network. 2. Select ―Allow‖ allow ONLY the specified wireless clients to join your wireless network. 3. Select ―Block‖ disallow ONLY the specified wireless clients to join your wireless network. Wireless Access Control Application Example: To only allow your own notebook at the MAC address of 00:12:35:EC:DF:25 to join your wireless network. Set Steps： Select Allow. Enter the MAC address of the wireless device you want to restrict.
3.5.5 Connection Status This page shows the current wireless access list Click ―Refresh‖ to update. Tips The bandwidth here refers to the channel bandwidth instead of wireless connection rate. You can know whether there are unauthorized accesses to your wireless network by viewing the wireless client list. 3.
time-based features (e.g. firewall), the time and date info shall be set correctly first, either manually or automatically. Set Steps： ① Click ―System Tools‖. ② Select ―Time Settings‖. ③ Select Time Zone. ④ Enable ―Customized time‖. ⑤ You can enter the time and date manually or click ―Sync with your PC‖, synchronize automatically. ⑥ Click Save to save you settings. Synchronize with your PC: Specify a time interval for periodic update of time and date information from your host.
3.6.2 Backup/Restore Parameters specification: Backup: Click this button to back up the device's configurations. Restore: Click this button to restore the device's configurations. Set Steps： ① Click ―System Tools‖. ② Select ―Backup/Restore‖. ③ ―Backup‖ to keep parameters. ④ Click ―Browse‖ to add an file ⑤ Click ―Save‖ Note The default configuration file name is ―RouterCfm.cfg‖. Do include the file name suffix of ―.cfg‖ when renaming the file name to avoid problem. 3.6.
① Click ―System Tools‖. ② Select ―Restore to Factory‖. Parameters specification:： This ―Restore‖ button is to reset all configurations to the default values. It means the Range Extender will lose all the settings you have set. So please note down the related settings if necessary. Default Password: admin. Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0. Default IP: 192.168.1.1. Note If you enable this option, all current settings will be deleted and be restored to factory default values.
3.6.4 Firmware Upgrade The device provides the firmware upgrade by clicking the ―Upgrade‖ after browsing for the firmware upgrade packet. After the upgrade is completed, the device will reboot automatically. Set Steps： ① Click ―System Tools‖. ② Select ―Firmware Upgrade‖. ③ Click ―Browse‖, select the upgrade file. ④ Click ―Upgrade‖, and wait for it to complete. Note 1. Before you upgrade the firmware, make sure you are having a correct firmware. A wrong firmware may damage the device. 2.
3.6.5 Reboot When a certain feature does not take effect or the device fails to function correctly, try rebooting the device. Rebooting the device is to make the settings configured go into effect or to set the device again if setting failure happens. 3.6.6 Change Password You can change the password by this function.
① Click ―System Tools‖. ② Select ―Change Password‖. ③ Enter ―Old Password‖. ④ Enter ―New Password‖, ―Confirm New Password‖. ⑤ Click ―Save‖ to save you settings. Tips The default login password is ―admin‖. The valid password must be between 3~12 characters and only include letters, numbers and underscore. 3.6.7 System Log The section is to view the system log. Click the ―Refresh‖ to update the log. Click the ―Clear‖ button to clear the screen.
Appendix 1 Configure PC TCP/IP Settings Windows 7 ① Click Start -> Control Panel.
② Click Network and Internet. ③ Click Network and Sharing Center.
④ Click Change adapter settings. ⑤ Click Local Area Connection and select Properties.
⑥ Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
⑦ Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK.
⑧ Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window to save your settings.
Windows XP ① Right-click My Network Places and select Properties. ② Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties.
③ Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. ④ Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK.
⑤ Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window to save your settings. 2 Troubleshooting The Troubleshooting provides answers to common problems regarding the Device Adapter： 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: a) Make sure that the Device Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. b) Make sure the power outlet is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. c) Re-plug the Device Adapter to the power outlet.
a) Make sure that the Ethernet cable (RJ-45) is properly connected to the Device’s Adapter’s Ethernet port. b) Make sure that the other end of the Ethernet cable (RJ-45) is properly connected to the computer LAN card or to you Cable/xDSL Ethernet port. c) Make sure your computer LAN card is properly installed and configured. d) Make sure your Cable/xDSL broadband access is working and configured correctly.
You can find it on the label attached to the device. Network Mode 11b/g/n mixed SSID Broadcast Enabled Channel AutoSelect Channel Bandwidth 20/40 Extension Channel AutoSelect Wireless Security Disabled Wireless Access Disabled Control 4 Remove Wireless Network from Your PC If you change wireless settings on your wireless device, you must remove them accordingly from your PC; otherwise, you may not be able to wirelessly connect to this device.
Select the wireless network and click Remove network. Windows XP ① Right-click My Network Places and select Properties.
② Right click Wireless Network Connection and then select Properties. ③ Click Wireless Networks, select the wireless network name under Preferred networks and then click the Remove button.
5 Safety and Emission Statement FCC INFORMATION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: —Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
