3
Power on
Plug the extender into a power outlet that is within 2 meters (6.56 feet) of your router.
Wait until the 2.4G and 5G LED lights turn solid green. If anything goes wrong, please
press and hold the "Reset" button on the side of the extender for more than 8 seconds
(if the reset process fails, please contact the seller).
Set UP
Method 1: Mobile Phone Setup
1.
Turn on your mobile data, then connect your mobile phone to the extender's
WiFi network name (SSID):
wifi-5G-XXXX
or
wifi-2.4G-XXXX
(‘XXXX’ is the last 4
letters of the MAC Address that is labelled on the back of the extender).
2.
Launch a phone browser (e.g. Chrome/Firefox/Safari) and enter
192.168.188.1
in
the address bar.
Note:
If the login window does not appear, you need firstly to check "your mobile
data settings: if mobile data is enabled, please toggle your mobile data to off and
reconfigure one more time. If the above method fails, please try resetting your
extender and attempting the configuration process once again.
3.
Enter the default password:
admin
(must be lower case).
4.
Select your home WiFi network name (SSID) you want to extend.
5.
Enter the password of your home WiFi network
6.
Set your extender’s new WiFi network name (SSID) and password.
Note
: The default SSID of the extender (Foscam_6-pro-2.4G and Foscam_6-pro-
5G) can be changed. The default password can also be changed (the default
password is your router's WiFi network password).
7.
Please check your extender's WiFi network name (SSID) and password. If they are
correct, click Start Connect and wait 30-60s.
Note:
After configuration is completed, if you want to change your extender's
WiFi network name or password, "you must reset your extender and perform the
configuration process again.
8.
After setup is completed, please view the first three indicator lights. If they are
solid green, that indicates the configuration process was successful. If the lights
are not on, please reset the extender and attempt configuration once more. To
surf the web, please connect your devices to your extender's WiFi network name
(SSID) which was set in Step 6.
