Wireless-N repeaters are known to boost the WiFi signals in your home. Setting up a Wireless-Nrepeater in your home is an easy and important task. You can take help from this article to complete the WiFi repeater setup. Here, you will go through simple steps that will help you to complete the installation process of the extender or repeater. We will also give you some troubleshooting tips at the end of the article.
How to Install Wireless-N Repeater in Your Home?
To complete the installation process you have to follow the segments which are given below.
Complete Hardware Connections
Before login, you should complete the hardware connection such as plugging the repeater close to the router and connecting the router to it. Let’s have a look at these segments of the process.
Plugging Extender in Optimal Location
You should plug your WiFi repeater close to the router so that you can easily connect them. Avoid such spots that are near the electronic devices, concrete walls, fish tanks and heavy metal things.
You should check the power socket that you are using to give power supply to the WiFi repeater. If the socket is damaged then fix it by calling an electrician.
Connecting Extender to Router
Before accessing the interface of the Extender you should connect the extender to the router. To establish a strong connection you have to use the network cable which should be in good condition. Then locate the router’s LAN port and repeater’s WAN port, and connect the network cable to them. After the connection, you have to turn on the router and then the WiFi extender.
Now you can start the login part of the process.
Complete the Login Process
You can access the web-based interface of the Wireless-N WiFi repeater with ease if you follow these straight forward steps written down here.
1. To access, you should have to connect your computer to the extender.
2. After connecting the router to the extender, open any browser on the desktop.
3. Then navigate to the address bar of the browser which is given at the top of the browser.
4. Enter the login IP address that is 192.168.10.1 correctly into the address bar.
5. The IP address will take you to the login page of the extender’s interface.
6. On the screen, you will see blanks where you have to enter the user details like username and password.
7. Usually, the username is admin and the password is password but you can also use the user manual to find the same.
8. After filling in the details, just click next. You will reach the main interface dashboard of the extender.
9. Now you can manage the settings and networks of the extender and you also can search and update the firmware of the extender.
10. Also, you can change or add a new password to the repeater’s network by giving some answers to simple security questions.
As you can see, the login process is so simple and easy, but people face technical errors while logging into the interface. So just go through some of the troubleshooting tips given below.
Troubleshooting Tips
If you are trying to log in, you should connecte to the network of the extender.
Before login, you should check the hardware connection properly.
To access the interface, you have to use an updated version of the web browser.
Disable the ad-blocker of the browser and antivirus of the computer temporarily while logging in.
Type the login IP address correctly that is 192.168.10.1 in the address bar of the internet browser. Don’t use the wrong IP address like 192.132.10.1 or 192.168.I0.I.
The Last Words
In this article, you have learned how you can complete the Wireless-N WiFi repeater setup using some simple steps. Here, we mentioned how you can make the hardware connections and how you can log in to the interface of the WiFi repeater. Also, you have gone through some of the important troubleshooting tips that help you to complete the installation process without any error occurrence. We hope you have successfully set up your Wireless-N WiFi extender.
