6. The wizard appears in a pop-up screen. Click ‘Next’.
7. Choose you country/region and click ‘Next’.
8. Fill out the desired name for your wireless network in the field ‘SSID’. (Use the
‘Check SSID’ option to ensure this name is not already in use.)
9. Click ‘Next’.
10. The router will automatically scan for a suitable wireless channel.
11. As a choice, the most suitable wireless channel will appear on your screen.
12. Select the same channel you have chosen for your signal booster.
13. Click ‘Next’.
14. You will see a brief summary with the settings you have made so far. Click ‘Next’
to continue.
15. Choose ‘WPA2’ and click ‘Next’.
16. Choose ‘AES’ and click ‘Next’.
17. Fill out the same password in the field ‘Network Key’ you have chosen for your
signal booster.
18. Click ‘Next’.
19. Click ‘Finish’.
20. The wizard will now save the settings and will close the screen automatically.
6.5 Connecting your wireless router with the signal
booster (2)
If you have followed the previous steps, then you have filled in the following:
- The signal booster (2) has the following IP-address: ‘192.168.8.200’.
- The wireless router has the following IP-address: ‘192.168.8.1’.
- Both devices are using the WPA2 AES protocol and are both using the same
security key.
- Both devices are using the same channel.
- The SSID does not need to be the same (e.g. ‘Upstairs’ and ‘Downstairs’).
Both devices must be set up in order to connect to each other. We will begin setting
up your wireless router (1).
1. Connect the wireless router and the signal booster to each other using the
following steps: Connect a network cable to LAN4 of the wireless router. Connect
the other end of the network cable to LAN4 of the signal booster.
2. Connect a computer using a network cable to LAN port 1 of the wireless router.
3. Turn on the your wireless router and the signal booster.
4. Turn on your computer.
5. Open your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox).
6. Type ‘http://192.168.8.1’ in the address bar.
7. Click ‘Setup Tool’..
8. You will now be asked for a ‘Username’ and a ‘Password’. Fill out ‘admin’ in the
‘Username’ field and ‘admin’ in the ‘Password’ field and press the enter key.
