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Works Great and with Easy Set-Up.
Great extension of my wireless. I have a" man cave/office" in my unattached garage about 100 feet away from my cable company supplied Wi-Fi modem. It actually was able to reach this but the signal without the extender but it was weak and often dropped the connection or slow speed. I installed this NETGEAR N300 about 50 feet away. I now get great connectivity for my laptop.
The initial setup is to:
- Plug the Range Extender into an outlet (I put them side-by-side) very close to the modem. You DO NOT use an Ethernet cord to set this extender up.
- Wait for the solid green LED power light of the extender.
- Push the WPS button on the extender and another LED light will blink.
- Push the WPS button on you old Modem and watch them connect. I had to look for the WPS button on the old modem because it not obvious but it does exist.
- Once the Router LED light on the Extender is solid green, unplug the extender and move it into an area that already can receive some signal, (I placed the Extender 1/2 way between my office and the old modem) as it cannot "extend" what it cannot detect!
- Select the new Network name it has created (it will be your old network name with an -EXT at the end)
- Use the password you use on your existing Wi-Fi system and you are done!
February 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase