If you are looking for the best instructions to setup the Nighthawk Extender at home, then you are at the right place. In this article, you learnt step-by-step instructions to complete the Nighthawk Extender Setup process. Let’s start without wasting time:
Physically Setup of
Extender
First of all, physically install the
extender. Keep the extender close to the router. Make sure the router is turned
off while the connection process. Create connection between extender and router
with Ethernet. Then turn on both the extender and the router. Next step is to configure
the extender to the router. There are three methods to configure the router.
- WPS Button: Use the WPS button to configure
the router.
- Manually: In this method, use the
computer device to configure.
- Via Nighthawk App: Configure the extender via the Nighthawk app.
WPS Button
The WPS method is the easiest method
to configure the router. In this, you only need to press the WPS button to
configure; it is present both on the extender and the router. Follow the steps
to use this method:
- Give power to both the router
and the extender.
- First, find and press the WPS
method of the router.
- And within a few seconds, press
the extender’s WPS button.
- Now that the configuration
process is started, it will take a few seconds to complete.
In the WPS method, you do not need
to use the Ethernet cable to connect the extender to the router. After this,
extender inherits all the settings of the router. You can use the same password
as the router to connect the devices to the extender.
Manually
To manually configure, the extender
should connect to the router with an Ethernet cable. And you need to use the
computer for manual configuration; further steps are:
- Attach your computer to the
network extender with an Ethernet cable or wirelessly.(The password is
mentioned on the label.)
- Open the Web browser and type
mywifiext.net and the default IP address 192.168.1.1 into the address bar.
- If you are using Mac or Linux,
then use the URL mywifiext.local to perform the Netgear Nighthawk login.
- Now it will ask for login;
enter the default login detail and click on the SIGN IN button.
- After logging in, there will
open a dashboard. Here, click on the range extender and select the
network name that you want to boost.
- Enter its password and click on
the SAVE button.
- Now create the new password for
the extender, and use this to connect the devices.
This way, you can configure the
Nighthawk extender manually, and on this web interface you can adjust all
settings of the extender.
Via Nighthawk App
If you do not want to use the
computer device to configure the extender, then you can use the Nighthawk app
to configure the router. Steps to use the app:
- Simply connect your mobile to
the network of the extender.
- Go to any store like Google
play store or app store, download the app and open it.
- Enter the Netgear account
detail or default username and password to login.
- Now an app interface is open;
here select the network and password to extend.
- Then create the new SSID and
the password for the extender to connect the device.
At the last move, the extender at
that place where the WiFi signals are weak and slow—that’s no matter which
method you used for configuration.
Conclusion
In the above article, you understand
how to setup the Nighthawk extender at your home. You had learnt three methods
to setup and configure the extender.
