Let us know how you get on, sounds simple enough

Once set up I'm getting 5 bars signal strength where at best it used to be zero or one. Even extends the signal into the garden which was a bonus.
A bit of a faff to set up, tbh mainly down to my playbook which kept switching between wireless networks whilst I was trying to configure the repeater. Once I reset the device and used a windows laptop it was pretty straightforward.
The main thing to realise is that the device uses 192.168.2.254 as it's default LAN address, so if your existing network is on a different segment (the 3rd number) then you'll have to change it if you are going to manually configure it (my router is BT Homehub v2, which doesn't have a WPS button and I have on segment 1 i.e. 192.168.1.x)
So I had to do the following: -
1. plug in the repeater near the router and wait until the light goes from red to orange
2. on PC connect using wireless to the network that appears as SSID 'REPEATER'
3. Using a web browser go to address User Posted Link this brings up the Repeater admin page (login as user 'admin' password 'admin')
4. on the repeater admin page select 'Advanced' and go into 'Settings', then 'LAN' by clicking those items on the left hand menu
5. On LAN host Settings page enter a new IP address using your segment number but keep the default Subnet mask. I chose 192.168.1.222 as I knew it wouldn't conflict with anything else I had and it's easy to remember. Click 'Submit' to save.
6. The repeater can now be connected to your router on it's network segment, on the PC web browser go to the address you have just set for the Repeater i.e. in my case User Posted Link the page will have a button marked 'Manually Connecting', press this and wait..........
N.B. be patient with this device - the admin functions all take a few minutes to complete
7. Once complete the page will show a list of available networks - highlight the one showing your usual WiFi network (if it's a hidden network you'll have to enter the name manually)
8. On the page, under 'Setting' enter the logon info for your original network - type of security and password.
9. Then click connect and wait. On the repeater the light will flash yellow for a while then turn green if all is well.
10. All you need to do now is to unplug the repeater and move it into a location where it can still pick up the router signal but also transmit it to where you need it. Plug it in and wait for the light to turn green.
11. That's it, worked for me.
If you have a WPS button on your router and it is already using segment 2 then things will be rather less long-winded.
Most of the above is in the manual but some is not in the main section, it also talks about changing your router segment, but it is easier to do this on the repeater as above.

Posted By: Old Git on February 15th 2013 at 12:37:44

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