WiDeFi Inc. 1333 Gateway Drive Suite 1012, Melbourne, Florida 32901
+1 321.725.1520
www.WiDeFi.com
CONFIDENTIAL
Table-1 LED Operation
LED State
Indication
Off
Unit is powered off
Blink
Searching for the Access Point (not repeating),
unit may need to be affiliated
AP Status
On
AP found, repeating packets, fully operational
Off
Xtender is to far from Access Point and needs
to be relocated closer to the Access Point
Blink
Xtender is to close to the Access Point and
needs to be relocated away from the Access
Point
Link Quality
On
Excellent Connection
When Xtender power up, the
AP Status LED
blinks indicating the system is completing
initialization and is searching for the user Affiliated Access Point (AP) to be repeated.
Xtender searches for this AP by scanning for its Beacon Strobes and MAC address that
was preserved in Xtender Memory during the user initiated Affiliation Process.
Once the Affiliated AP has been found, Xtender automatically selects the best Wi-Fi
channel to use as the repeat channel. This channel is selected to avoid other Xtenders, to
minimize overlap with other WLANs, and to maximize performance.
After the Wi-Fi repeat channel has been selected, the
AP Status LED
turns solid
GREEN
indicating Xtender is up and running and is repeating the user specified AP to the
automatically selected repeat channel. At this point, the
Link Quality LED
provides user
feedback indicating that Xtender is either too close to the AP (LED Blinking), too far from
the AP (LED Off) or is properly positioned relative to the AP. If the Link Quality LED is not
solid
GREEN
(i.e. Xtender is to close or to far from the AP) Xtender should be relocated
relative to the AP for better performance.
Access Point Affiliation
-
The user commands Xtender to enter AP affiliate mode by
pressing and holding the user Configuration button until both the AP status LED and Link
Quality LEDs begin to blink. In this mode the Xtender scans all available channels looking
for the strongest AP beacon strobe based on Received Signal Strength (RSSI). Once
identified, Xtender selects this AP as the Affiliated AP and then stores the AP’s MAC
address in flash memory. Xtender must be re-powered up at a new location to begin
repeating the Affiliated AP.
