Preliminary Step: Mode Selection - Hercules HWGEXT-54 User Manual

Hercules HWGEXT-54

2.2. Preliminary step: MODE SELECTION

At this point, you can select your WiFi mode: WiFi Extender Mode (default mode) or WiFi Access Point
Mode (additional mode). This choice will determine the installation procedure for your Hercules WiFi
Extender. Later on, you can always change the WiFi mode in the advanced settings of the WiFi Extender
Manager (please see 4.11.1 Changing modes (WiFi Extender Mode or WiFi Access Point
The principle behind WiFi Extender Mode, selected by default for your Hercules WiFi Extender,
consists of repeating the WiFi signal transmitted by your WiFi modem router, thereby extending your
wireless network throughout your home.
In WiFi Access Point Mode, your Hercules WiFi Extender (connected to your modem router via Ethernet)
will use its wireless function to broadcast the signal from your modem router to other wireless devices.
You should only use WiFi Access Point Mode if you have a non-WiFi modem router, as WiFi modem
routers already allow you to broadcast their signal; in doing so, you would therefore be depriving yourself of
your Hercules WiFi Extender's function allowing you to extend your WiFi network to other rooms in your
home.
- If you click the Continue button in order to install your Hercules WiFi Extender in WiFi Extender Mode, go
to section 2.3. Installing Hercules WiFi Extender in WiFi Extender
- If you select WiFi Access Point Mode, go to section
Access Point Mode.
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2.4. Installing Hercules WiFi Extender in WiFi
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