AC750 WiFi Range Extender
Answer. The extender cannot detect if the WEP passphrase is correct. If you entered the wrong passphrase, your wireless device cannot get the IP address from the extender. You must reset the extender to the factory settings to get the IP address back.
7.Question. I have enabled a wireless MAC filter (wireless access control or ACL) on my wireless router. What should I do when installing the extender?
Answer. When the wireless device connects through the extender to your router, the MAC address of the wireless device shown on the router is translated to another MAC address. If your router's MAC filter is enabled, the wireless device connects to the extender but cannot get an IP address from the extender and cannot access the Internet. To allow the wireless device to receive an IP address from the extender and access the Internet, you must provide the translated MAC address to the router.
To get the translated MAC address:
1.Disable the MAC filter on your router.
2.Turn on the extender and connect all of your wireless devices to the extender.
3.Make sure that the Router Link LED remains lit.
4.Log in to the router and check the attached devices on the Attached Devices or similar screen.
5.Add any MAC addresses that begin with 02:0F:B5 to your router’s MAC filter table.
Cannot Log In to the Extender
If you have trouble connecting to the extender, try to locate the source of the problem:
•Make sure that you use the correct user name and password to log in:
-User name. admin
-Password. The default is password. If you changed the password and enabled password recovery, you can recover the password. See Recover the admin Password on page 35.
•If your browser displays an error page, make sure that you include http:// when you type http://www.mywifiext.net in the address field of your Internet browser. If you leave it out, you might not be able to connect.
•If you already set up the extender but can no longer connect to it wirelessly, check if the Router Link LED is off or red.
•If you cannot connect to the extender from your computer with WiFi, you can use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to the Ethernet port on the extender. For more information, see Connect a Computer or Device to the Ethernet Port on page 14.
FAQs and Troubleshooting
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