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March 2008
208-10158-02 
v1.0

NETGEAR

, Inc.

4500 Great America Parkway 
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA

RangeMax WiFi Range 
Extender Setup Manual

Содержание RangeMax WPN824EXT

Страница 1: ...March 2008 208 10158 02 v1 0 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual...

Страница 2: ...gistered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to...

Страница 3: ...Connecting Your WiFi Range Extender 11 Verifying Your Connection 16 Completing Manual Setup 16 Accessing Your RangeMax WiFi Range Extender after Installation 17 Logging In 17 Setting Up Wireless Conne...

Страница 4: ...iv Contents...

Страница 5: ...ender The product package should contain the following items The WiFi range extender A snap on stand for your WiFi range extender An AC power adapter varies by region A yellow Ethernet cable A blue Et...

Страница 6: ...ender v1 0 March 2008 2 Set up your WiFi range extender by inserting the extender into the stand supplied with your extender 3 Place your extender in an area suitable for installation near an AC power...

Страница 7: ...the following is occurring The unit is performing the power on self test diagnostic The restore factory settings button is being pushed to restore the factory default settings Off One of the following...

Страница 8: ...extender to a cable or DSL gateway router 5 Restore factory settings button 4 Internet Amber off No Ethernet cable is connected from the extender to the gateway router Amber on The Ethernet cable is c...

Страница 9: ...f the seven internal antennas are active The lights flash according to the direction of the wireless signal These status lights are off by default but can be turned on using the on off switch see Exte...

Страница 10: ...RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual 6 Getting to Know Your WiFi Range Extender v1 0 March 2008...

Страница 11: ...e that it is complete Select an optimum location for your WiFi range extender For more information see Unpacking Your New WiFi Range Extender on page 1 About the Smart Wizard The NETGEAR Smart Wizard...

Страница 12: ...Windows PC The CD automatically starts and detects the language that you are using on your PC Select a different language option if you prefer 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Setup to start t...

Страница 13: ...online User Manual for more information To take advantage of the RangeMax feature offered by your extender use a NETGEAR RangeMax wireless adapter an adapter that supports up to 108 Mbps Disable your...

Страница 14: ...RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual 10 Installing Your WiFi Range Extender Using the Resource CD v1 0 March 2008...

Страница 15: ...y router is correct on page 26 If you have not already done so Check the package contents of your extender to ensure that it is complete Select an optimum location for your WiFi range extender For mor...

Страница 16: ...r and the gateway router 1 Power on the WiFi range extender as illustrated in Figure 6 a Connect the power adapter cord to the back of the WiFi range extender 1 b Plug the power adapter into a power s...

Страница 17: ...connection If you have a wired connection between your computer and your gateway router Locate the Ethernet cable that connects your computer to the gateway router and then disconnect the cable at th...

Страница 18: ...onnection between your computer and your gateway router as illustrated in Figure 8 Locate the yellow Ethernet cable that was included in your WiFi range extender package and connect it to the yellow I...

Страница 19: ...ackage and connect the cable to a LAN port on the extender for example Port 4 1 b Connect the other end of the cable to the Ethernet port on your computer 2 If you have a wireless connection to your c...

Страница 20: ...N A LAN port light should be lit for the connected computer Green indicates that your computer is communicating at 100 Mbps amber indicates communication at 10 Mbps For general information about the s...

Страница 21: ...g its login name and password 1 Type http www mywifiext net or http www mywifiext com in the address field of your browser and then press Enter A login window similar to the one shown in Figure 11 dis...

Страница 22: ...rs only at login when you first install the WiFi range extender or when it is in its factory default state for example if you have reset the extender to its factory default settings To set up wireless...

Страница 23: ...WiFi range extender see Logging In on page 17 2 Select Wireless Settings under Setup on the main menu The Wireless Settings screen displays showing the default wireless network settings for this exte...

Страница 24: ...Apply Updating Your Firmware NETGEAR is always improving the operability and features included with your extender To make it easy for you to receive the best most up to date features of your extender...

Страница 25: ...Browse and locate the unzipped firmware image that you downloaded to your PC the file ends in img or chk 3 Once you have selected the file click Upload to send the software to the extender The upload...

Страница 26: ...ge 21 to complete the update process Setting Up Your Wireless Computers Once you have set up your WiFi range extender you are ready to configure your wireless computers with the same settings as those...

Страница 27: ...a wireless link and is able to obtain an IP address by DHCP from the gateway router To ensure optimum performance of your high speed WiFi range extender NETGEAR recommends that the wireless adapter c...

Страница 28: ...24 Accessing Your RangeMax WiFi Range Extender after Installation...

Страница 29: ...PC to the Internet on page 32 Basic Troubleshooting Here are some tips for correcting simple problems you might have Common Things That Can Go Wrong Verify that you do not have these common problems M...

Страница 30: ...of your Control Panel They should be set to obtain both IP and DNS server addresses automatically 2 See Related Documents on page 37 Basic Functions Are Not Working After you turn on power to the ext...

Страница 31: ...ned on the Test light turns on for about 20 seconds and then turns off If the Test light does not turn on or stays on the extender has a problem 2 Turn the power off and then on to see if the extender...

Страница 32: ...92 168 1 250 Make sure that you are using the correct login information The factory default login name is admin and the password is password Make sure that Caps Lock is off when you enter this informa...

Страница 33: ...ange extender has a successful connection to your gateway router but no IP address has been received The Internet light should turn green within several minutes If these methods do not solve the probl...

Страница 34: ...nistration password to password and the IP address to 192 168 1 250 To restore the factory default configuration settings use the restore factory settings button on the rear panel of the extender 1 Us...

Страница 35: ...the extender as in this example ping www mywifiext net or ping 192 168 1 250 3 Click OK You should see a message like this one Pinging 192 168 1 250 with 32 bytes of data If the path is working you se...

Страница 36: ...e WiFi range extender works correctly test the path from your PC to the Internet 1 From the Windows toolbar click Start and select Run 2 In the field provided type ping n 10 IP address where IP addres...

Страница 37: ...abled Extender Login Extender Login URL http www mywifiext net or http www mywifiext com Login Name case sensitive printed on product label admin Login Password case sensitive printed on product label...

Страница 38: ...lume of network traffic building materials and construction and network overhead lower actual data throughput rate Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility Data and Routing Protocols TCP IP DHCP P...

Страница 39: ...nd network overhead lower actual data throughput rate Radio Data Rates 1 2 5 5 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 and 108 Mbps Auto Rate Sensing Frequency 2 4 2 5 Ghz Data Encoding 802 11b Direct Sequence Spread S...

Страница 40: ...he factory defaults When you log in after resetting the Smart Wizard configuration assistant prompts you to configure these settings To restore the factory default configuration settings 1 Use a sharp...

Страница 41: ...rstanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product Table 3 Reference Documents Document Link TCP IP Networking Basics http documentation netgear com reference enu tcpip index htm Preparing You...

Страница 42: ...RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual 38 Related Documents v1 0 March 2008...

Страница 43: ...ns Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Frequency Notice 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 These li...

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