How to Setup Netgear WiFi Extender?
Mainly there are three options to set up your Netgear extender.
⇒Netgear Extender Setup via WPS Button
Setting up a Netgear extender via the WPS button is easy and quick. Here are the instructions:
- Turn on the Netgear extender by plugging its AC adapter into a power socket.
- Power up your router also.
- Push the button named WPS on the extender.
- Go ahead and gently push the WPS button on the host router.
- The Netgear extender is now set up using the WPS button.
Though setting up the extender through the WPS method is easy, at times users get stuck during the process. In such an event, it is better to go for the Netgear WiFi extender setup without WPS.
⇒Extender Setup Through Web Browser
- Place the Netgear extender and the host router closer to one another.
- Turn both devices on.
- Form a connection between the extender and the router using an Ethernet cable.
- Take hold of your PC now.
- Fire up an internet web browser on it.
- Thereafter, type mywifiext.net in the address bar.
- Push Enter to proceed further.
- Input the necessary details and click on the login button.
- Once you access the Netgear extender setup page, continue following the instructions displayed on the screen.
Netgear WiFi extender setup without WPS involving the web browser is completed. You can also use the default IP address of your extender which is 192.168.1.250 to access the setup page. Type this in the address bar instead of the web address.
⇒Extender Setup Through Nighthawk App
- Unlock your smartphone.
- Go to App Store/Play Store and download the Netgear Nighthawk app on your smartphone.
- Launch the app once installed.
- Log in using the default login credentials.
- As soon as you land on the Netgear extender setup page, follow the on-screen prompts.
You are now aware of how to perform the Netgear WiFi extender setup without WPS and with WPS. You can now access Netgear extender WiFi using its network name netgear_ext.
