Access The Extender Over Wifi And Use The Setup Wizard - NETGEAR WN2000RPT User Manual

Access the Extender over WiFi and Use the Setup Wizard

If your WiFi router does not support WPS, access the extender over WiFi and use the
browser-based NETGEAR genie
network.
The extender has a default NETGEAR_EXT WiFi network name (SSID) so you can access it
over WiFi. After you have used the Setup Wizard to connect the extender to an existing WiFi
network, the extender changes its default NETGEAR_EXT network name to the name of the
existing WiFi network and adds _EXT at the end of the name, for example:
• Existing network name. MyNetworkName
• New extender network name. MyNetworkName_EXT
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Access the extender over WiFi and use the Setup Wizard to connect the extender to an
existing WiFi network:
1. Place the extender close to the WiFi router.
Note: In a later step in this procedure, after you have established a connection
to the WiFi router, you can place the extender at its permanent location.
2. Plug the extender into an electrical outlet.
3. If necessary, press the Power button.
The Status LED
4. Make sure that your computer or mobile device is not connected to a WiFi network or
Ethernet network.
If the computer or mobile device is already connected to a network, you might not be able
to connect to the extender.
5. Open a WiFi network manager on your computer or mobile device to find and connect to the
NETGEAR_EXT WiFi network of the extender.
You can use any WiFi network utility on a computer, tablet, or smartphone to find and
connect to the NETGEAR_EXT WiFi network of the extender. The following figure shows
an example of a WiFi network utility.
N300 WiFi Range Extender WN2000RPT
Setup Wizard to connect the extender to an existing WiFi
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