How to configure Access Point as a Repeater to expand
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1. EDIMAX COMPUTER INC Edimax Wireless Access Point series How to configure Access Point as a Repeater to expand wireless network range Instructions for Macintosh users 11 Edimax Computer cott Blvd Building 15 Sa ra California 95054 USA Phone 408 496 1105 Fax 408 980 1530 www edimax us How to setup Edimax Access Point by a Macintosh computer Introduction The Access Point uses a default IP 192 168 2 1 which may not be in the same IP address subnet of your network Therefore in order to login to the web page of 192 168 2 1 you will need to modify the IP address of your Macintosh computer to be 192 168 2 10 We prefer to use an Ethernet cable to connect the Macintosh computer to the LAN port of Edimax wireless Access Point Step 1 Understand the IP address used in your network Have your Macintosh computer operate as usual Go into System Preferences Internet amp Netwo In System Preferences Go to Network you are currently using It could be an Airport card a third party Wireless card or an Ethernet Adapter Write down the IP address subnet mask Router and DNS server address We use an usb wireless card in this example Its IP address 10 0 1 2 told us that the IP addresses used in the network are 10 0 1 x All the devices in the network have the same first three octets of IP address but the last octet number must be different You may want to assign a new IP add2. Pr EW 7228APn If your existing wireless network has wireless security like WEP or WPA click on Continue so you can setup the security in EW 7416APn EW 7228APn an example for WPA2 PSK AES network Select the right Encryption Enter WPA2 pre share key into the field Click on Apply You can click on Apply button again Step 5 Change the Mac computer back t you have Internet o Ethernet adapter s original state and see if CE Make Ethernet adapter of the Macintosh from Manually to Using DHCP It should receive an IP address from the main wifi network The Ethernet connection should have Internet Verity it by opening web browser If that works then you can unplug the Ethernet cable and use Wireless connection Make sure you turn on the wireless adapter and have it connect to the repeater Iit can get on Internet the repeater is successful You can move the repeater to an further and appropriate location
3. ari or Firefox Enter of Edimax Access Point address hitp 192 168 2 1 which is the default IP Open Safari or FireFox browser There is no Internet at this point Go to the Address box enter htip 192 168 2 1 hit Enter The pop up window asks for username and password Enter the username admin Enter the password 1234 Click Log In button Atter Log In you will see the web page of the Access Point and you can start its configuration Please refer the user manual about the settings of the Access Point Tater after the configuration is completed you can tum on your airport wireless card to connect to the Access Point Step 4 Go to Basic Setting Set up Universal Repeater In Basic Settings select the mode as Universal Repeater mode lick on Select Site Survey button Select your wifi network click on Connection ae sis yout deine ESS ad Cal te wiles omecn These Noss fa 2a Gis GH WANVESSIO __EtmanaP Tecate Cote So Ain Ce masss man C The Root AP SSID is your main wifi router The Main ESSID is the SSID of the repeater They should use different SSID so that you know which device your wireless computer associates with Click on Apply es Save settings successfully rot T your existing wireless network has no wireless Security you can click on Apply button to Save settings and restart EW 7416A
4. ress to the Wireless Access Point once you can login the configuration page of Access Point later This step is optional You can keep the default IP 192 168 2 1 address for Wireless Access Point but you will need to the procedure in this guide everytime while you need to configure the Access Point air ama We temporarily disconnect the wireless adapter You can turn off _ z Your Aiport adaptar it you uaa i to get on Iamet E ma ammam aan From now on wo use Ethernet adapter to conigure the Access Paint smart Step 2 Use an Ethernet cable to connect from Edimax Access Point to the Ethernet port of your Macintosh Power on the Edimax Access Point Its LAN LED should be lit up At this stage the Ethernet port of Macintosh is connected to the LAN port of Edimax Access Point Network preferences show Ethemet adapter has Self Assigned IP because it does not get IP address from the network Select theme on the left panel Click on dropdown arrow for the box of Configure select Manually We will assign the Ethemet adapter with a Manual IP address et Enter IP address 192 168 2 10 and subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Click on Apply button a Atter the Apply button is pressed Ethernet adapter on the left panel shows Connected Close the Network preferences window Step 3 Open Saf
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