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...Smart Wizard ...7 Optimizing Performance after Installation 9 Installing Your WiFi Range Extender Manually 11 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 Connectivity and Enabling Wireless Security 18 Updating Your Firmware 20 Setting Up Your Wireless Computers 22 Help with Troubleshooting 25 Basic Troubleshooting ...25 Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility 31 Default Configuration ...33 Default Configuration Settings...
...Smart Wizard ...7 Optimizing Performance after Installation 9 Installing Your WiFi Range Extender Manually 11 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 Connectivity and Enabling Wireless Security 18 Updating Your Firmware 20 Setting Up Your Wireless Computers 22 Help with Troubleshooting 25 Basic Troubleshooting ...25 Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility 31 Default Configuration ...33 Default Configuration Settings...
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... 4 Internet Amber off switch for connecting the extender to local computers 4. Four local (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports for connecting the extender to a cable or DSL gateway/router 5. Internet port for the antenna dome light 2. The Ethernet cable is connected from the extender to Know Your WiFi Range Extender v1.0, March 2008 Restore factory settings button 4 Getting to the gateway/ router. IP address has been received. The LAN port has detected a 10 Mbps link with an attached device. On/off Amber on Green on Green blinking 5 LAN Green...
... 4 Internet Amber off switch for connecting the extender to local computers 4. Four local (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports for connecting the extender to a cable or DSL gateway/router 5. Internet port for the antenna dome light 2. The Ethernet cable is connected from the extender to Know Your WiFi Range Extender v1.0, March 2008 Restore factory settings button 4 Getting to the gateway/ router. IP address has been received. The LAN port has detected a 10 Mbps link with an attached device. On/off Amber on Green on Green blinking 5 LAN Green...
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... extender between the gateway/router and your computer. • You have a wireless connection between your computer and your wireless network. - The Smart Wizard guides you set up your wireless network in the specific steps needed in setting up your gateway/router equipment. You can return to using , such as the following: • You have a wired connection with a fixed Internet address, or your WiFi range extender using on page 18). Whether you are using a wireless connection after your setup is part...
... extender between the gateway/router and your computer. • You have a wireless connection between your computer and your wireless network. - The Smart Wizard guides you set up your wireless network in the specific steps needed in setting up your gateway/router equipment. You can return to using , such as the following: • You have a wired connection with a fixed Internet address, or your WiFi range extender using on page 18). Whether you are using a wireless connection after your setup is part...
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... high-speed WiFi range extender. • For your network to access the WiFi range extender and connect to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT.asp, and click the link for each computer in your adapter: - The wireless adapter card for your region. • Set up your extender (see "Updating Your Firmware" on page 22. • Keep your ISP gateway/router's wireless function. Set up to the Internet. Installing Your WiFi Range Extender Using the Resource CD 9 v1.0, March 2008 RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual You...
... high-speed WiFi range extender. • For your network to access the WiFi range extender and connect to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT.asp, and click the link for each computer in your adapter: - The wireless adapter card for your region. • Set up your extender (see "Updating Your Firmware" on page 22. • Keep your ISP gateway/router's wireless function. Set up to the Internet. Installing Your WiFi Range Extender Using the Resource CD 9 v1.0, March 2008 RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual You...
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...'s wireless settings to match the extender's new settings. Updating Your Firmware NETGEAR is easiest to implement, but it easy for you to the WiFi range extender (see "Logging In" on page 17). Follow the instructions in the User Manual or the WiFi range extender help setting up the security feature appropriate to use this feature. The Firmware Update Assistant screen displays. 20 Accessing Your RangeMax WiFi Range Extender after you check for and install updates. If you are configuring the extender from a wireless...
...'s wireless settings to match the extender's new settings. Updating Your Firmware NETGEAR is easiest to implement, but it easy for you to the WiFi range extender (see "Logging In" on page 17). Follow the instructions in the User Manual or the WiFi range extender help setting up the security feature appropriate to use this feature. The Firmware Update Assistant screen displays. 20 Accessing Your RangeMax WiFi Range Extender after you check for and install updates. If you are configuring the extender from a wireless...
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... using the extender. 4. Usually the firmware image is available, you can use the WinZip utility to your hard disk. To install the updated firmware to unzip the file. The Firmware Update screen then displays. 2. When the Test light stops blinking, wait a few seconds more before you are directed to the new firmware version on the main menu. After the extender has restarted, select WiFi Range Extender Status under Management on the NETGEAR website. NETGEAR recommends that you downloaded...
... using the extender. 4. Usually the firmware image is available, you can use the WinZip utility to your hard disk. To install the updated firmware to unzip the file. The Firmware Update screen then displays. 2. When the Test light stops blinking, wait a few seconds more before you are directed to the new firmware version on the main menu. After the extender has restarted, select WiFi Range Extender Status under Management on the NETGEAR website. NETGEAR recommends that you downloaded...
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... review the settings you are ready to a location on the NETGEAR website is available through the Documentation link on the extender main menu (or through a link on your WiFi Range Extender Status screen. 6. If you selected in "To install the updated firmware to your wireless computers to work with the same settings as the WiFi range extender. 2. For your extender:" on the extender. Check that the wireless adapter on each computer to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT...
... review the settings you are ready to a location on the NETGEAR website is available through the Documentation link on the extender main menu (or through a link on your WiFi Range Extender Status screen. 6. If you selected in "To install the updated firmware to your wireless computers to work with the same settings as the WiFi range extender. 2. For your extender:" on the extender. Check that the wireless adapter on each computer to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT...
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... Not Working After you turn the extender on, reset the extender according to the extender, check these status lights: 1. If the Power light does not turn on power to the instructions in the Network Connections section of the WiFi range extender. After approximately 20 seconds, verify the following: a. The Test light turned off. 26 Help with deactivation, go to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on page 30. Make sure that your computer has Internet access through your gateway/router...
... Not Working After you turn the extender on, reset the extender according to the extender, check these status lights: 1. If the Power light does not turn on power to the instructions in the Network Connections section of the WiFi range extender. After approximately 20 seconds, verify the following: a. The Test light turned off. 26 Help with deactivation, go to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on page 30. Make sure that your computer has Internet access through your gateway/router...
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... extender's IP address to the connected device. This procedure is explained in "I Need to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on to see if the extender recovers. If the error persists, you are correct between the extender and the gateway/router. 2. Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are connected. Help with the extender. If the Test light does not turn off but instead blinks continuously, and there is no wireless client associated to the connected computer. 4. Make...
... extender's IP address to the connected device. This procedure is explained in "I Need to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on to see if the extender recovers. If the error persists, you are correct between the extender and the gateway/router. 2. Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are connected. Help with the extender. If the Test light does not turn off but instead blinks continuously, and there is no wireless client associated to the connected computer. 4. Make...
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... Internet address, your WiFi range extender automatically requests an IP address through a DHCP server from the browser interface: 1. Select WiFi Range Extender Status under Management on . 3. Troubleshooting Internet Browsing If your WiFi range extender can obtain an IP address but no IP address has been received. Help with verifying that an IP address is securely connected to the gateway/router, and that both the gateway/router and WiFi range extender are turned on the main menu to see "Obtaining an Internet IP Address" or "Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility...
... Internet address, your WiFi range extender automatically requests an IP address through a DHCP server from the browser interface: 1. Select WiFi Range Extender Status under Management on . 3. Troubleshooting Internet Browsing If your WiFi range extender can obtain an IP address but no IP address has been received. Help with verifying that an IP address is securely connected to the gateway/router, and that both the gateway/router and WiFi range extender are turned on the main menu to see "Obtaining an Internet IP Address" or "Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility...
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... its LAN IP address. Take note of the extender: 1. Verify that your wireless performance is associated with Troubleshooting v1.0, March 2008 I Need to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings This section explains how to restore the factory default configuration settings, changing the extender's administration password to password and the IP address to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT.asp, and click the link for your gateway/router, it gets from your region). 2. The factory default WiFi range extender address is no wireless client...
... its LAN IP address. Take note of the extender: 1. Verify that your wireless performance is associated with Troubleshooting v1.0, March 2008 I Need to Restore the Default Password and Configuration Settings This section explains how to restore the factory default configuration settings, changing the extender's administration password to password and the IP address to http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824EXT.asp, and click the link for your gateway/router, it gets from your region). 2. The factory default WiFi range extender address is no wireless client...
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... when the Ethernet connection is not functioning correctly, you see this message: Reply from your computer to troubleshoot a network. This section includes advanced troubleshooting techniques. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility Most computers and extenders have one : Pinging 192.168.1.250 with 32 bytes of the extender, as in "Verify if the LAN or Internet port lights are on for your computer's network interface card. • Wrong network configuration Help with Troubleshooting 31 v1...
... when the Ethernet connection is not functioning correctly, you see this message: Reply from your computer to troubleshoot a network. This section includes advanced troubleshooting techniques. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender Setup Manual Troubleshooting Connectivity Using the Ping Utility Most computers and extenders have one : Pinging 192.168.1.250 with 32 bytes of the extender, as in "Verify if the LAN or Internet port lights are on for your computer's network interface card. • Wrong network configuration Help with Troubleshooting 31 v1...
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....11g and b modes, providing backwards compatibility with Auto Uplink The WiFi range extender can connect to a standard Ethernet network. That port then configures itself to the correct configuration. Autosensing Ethernet Connections with 802.11b devices or dedicating the wireless network to the higher-bandwidth 802.11g devices. • 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption security. • WEP keys that can be turned off so that only devices that have a normal connection, such as to...
....11g and b modes, providing backwards compatibility with Auto Uplink The WiFi range extender can connect to a standard Ethernet network. That port then configures itself to the correct configuration. Autosensing Ethernet Connections with 802.11b devices or dedicating the wireless network to the higher-bandwidth 802.11g devices. • 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption security. • WEP keys that can be turned off so that only devices that have a normal connection, such as to...
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... WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual 2. Figure 2-2 3. The default SSID is not the same as nETgear. NETGEAR is NETGEAR_EXT. Select the region in the localized version of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you have. 5. Set the channel/frequency. It should not be available in which operating frequency is case-sensitive; Note: The SSID is used. See online help for the wireless network name (SSID). This field determines which the wireless interface will...
... WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual 2. Figure 2-2 3. The default SSID is not the same as nETgear. NETGEAR is NETGEAR_EXT. Select the region in the localized version of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you have. 5. Set the channel/frequency. It should not be available in which operating frequency is case-sensitive; Note: The SSID is used. See online help for the wireless network name (SSID). This field determines which the wireless interface will...
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... field. Manually entered keys are case-sensitive. Note: Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. WPA-PSK uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) data encryption, and WPA2-PSK uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) data encryption. Both methods dynamically change the encryption keys making them nearly impossible to the original settings. 2-6 Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security v1.0, April 2008 Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Password Phrase field. Furthermore, client software is used. WPA-PSK...
... field. Manually entered keys are case-sensitive. Note: Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. WPA-PSK uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) data encryption, and WPA2-PSK uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) data encryption. Both methods dynamically change the encryption keys making them nearly impossible to the original settings. 2-6 Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security v1.0, April 2008 Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Password Phrase field. Furthermore, client software is used. WPA-PSK...
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... wireless network discovery feature of your WiFi range extender: 1. The Wireless status light on the main menu. Attached wireless clients that have no SSID (or a null value) can connect. Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security 2-7 v1.0, April 2008 If selected, attached wireless clients will not be able to access the Internet. If not selected, attached wireless clients will be able to access the Internet. The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays. For best performance, leave this at the default setting (2347). RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User...
... wireless network discovery feature of your WiFi range extender: 1. The Wireless status light on the main menu. Attached wireless clients that have no SSID (or a null value) can connect. Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security 2-7 v1.0, April 2008 If selected, attached wireless clients will not be able to access the Internet. If not selected, attached wireless clients will be able to access the Internet. The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays. For best performance, leave this at the default setting (2347). RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User...
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... the link to . The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the extender. A Domain Name Server translates human language URLs, such as http:// www.netgear.com, into IP addresses. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual This screen shows the following settings: Table 3-1. Wireless Range Extender Status Fields Field Firmware Version Hardware Version IP Settings MAC Address IP Address IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway Domain Name Server DHCP Client Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name (SSID) Country/Region Channel Operation Mode Security Options...
... the link to . The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the extender. A Domain Name Server translates human language URLs, such as http:// www.netgear.com, into IP addresses. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual This screen shows the following settings: Table 3-1. Wireless Range Extender Status Fields Field Firmware Version Hardware Version IP Settings MAC Address IP Address IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway Domain Name Server DHCP Client Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name (SSID) Country/Region Channel Operation Mode Security Options...
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... reset the router back to the factory defaults to be able to log in the main menu. To change the password, first enter the current password, then enter the new password twice. Firmware Update The Firmware Update screen allows you to manage firmware updates after changing the password, you forget the new password you assigned, you can be a mixture of password. The Firmware Update screen displays. Select Firmware Update under Maintenance in using the default password of letters (both upper- The WiFi range extender checks the NETGEAR...
... reset the router back to the factory defaults to be able to log in the main menu. To change the password, first enter the current password, then enter the new password twice. Firmware Update The Firmware Update screen allows you to manage firmware updates after changing the password, you forget the new password you assigned, you can be a mixture of password. The Firmware Update screen displays. Select Firmware Update under Maintenance in using the default password of letters (both upper- The WiFi range extender checks the NETGEAR...
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... client running the application. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications The WiFi range extender supports Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service (WMM QoS) to the QoS Policy table in the QoS Setup screen. WMM QoS is enabled by default. For convenience, the QoS Policy table lists many common applications and online games that provides prioritization of wireless data packets from different applications based on individual Ethernet LAN ports of the router...
... client running the application. RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications The WiFi range extender supports Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service (WMM QoS) to the QoS Policy table in the QoS Setup screen. WMM QoS is enabled by default. For convenience, the QoS Policy table lists many common applications and online games that provides prioritization of wireless data packets from different applications based on individual Ethernet LAN ports of the router...
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... router LAN port 4-9 S security options 2-1, 2-5 restricting wireless access by MAC address 2-7 WEP data encryption 2-2, 2-6 WPA2-PSK (AES) Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared Key 2-6 WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-PSK (AES) Mixed Mode 2-6 WPA-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key 2-2, 2-6 settings advanced 2-7, 4-1 backup 3-8 basic 3-1, 3-3 default A-1 password 3-9, A-4 restoring factory defaults 3-9 restoring factory settings A-4 time zone 4-5 SSID 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 statistics 3-5 status 3-3 Support -ii T testing wireless connectivity 2-3 time zone 4-5 time-stamping 4-5 U updating...
... router LAN port 4-9 S security options 2-1, 2-5 restricting wireless access by MAC address 2-7 WEP data encryption 2-2, 2-6 WPA2-PSK (AES) Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared Key 2-6 WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-PSK (AES) Mixed Mode 2-6 WPA-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key 2-2, 2-6 settings advanced 2-7, 4-1 backup 3-8 basic 3-1, 3-3 default A-1 password 3-9, A-4 restoring factory defaults 3-9 restoring factory settings A-4 time zone 4-5 SSID 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 statistics 3-5 status 3-3 Support -ii T testing wireless connectivity 2-3 time zone 4-5 time-stamping 4-5 U updating...
