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Chapter 6
More Features of Your Extender
6 1 Use Your Extender as a Wireless Adapter
The extender can be used as a wireless adapter to connect any wired-only device, such
as a Blu-ray player, game console, DVR, or smart TV, to your wireless network.
After configuration, you can connect an Ethernet-enabled device to the extender via an
Ethernet cable.
Smart TV
Game Console
Desktop
6 2 Transform Your Existing Wired Network to a
Wireless One
The extender can work as an access point, transforming your existing wired network to
a wireless one.
6 2 1 To Set Up the Extender as an Access Point
1. Visit
http://tplinkrepeater.net
, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set
for the extender.
2. Click
Change Mode
in the top right corner of the page. Select
Access Point
Mode
and
click
OK
. The extender will reboot and switch to Access Point mode.
3. After rebooting, connect your smart phone to the extender’s network
TP-Link_
Extender
or
TP-Link_Extender_5GHz
.
