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FAQ Q1. What should I do if I can't access the extender's web management page after entering http://tplinkrepeater.net? • Make sure your computer is connected to the extended network. • Make sure your computer's setting is set to obtain an IP address and DNS server address automatically. • Use the IP address to access the extender. The default IP is 192.168.0.254. If the extender is connected to the router, you should go to your router's DHCP client list to obtain the extender's current IP address. • Reset the extender and connect to its wireless network. Enter http://tplinkrepeater. net or http://192.168.0.254 in the web browser and press Enter. Q2. How can I reset the extender? • With the extender powered on, press and hold the WPS/RESET button WPS/ RESET for more than 5 seconds until the RE LED turns off momentarily, and then release the button. Note: After the extender restarts, you need to configure it again by following Option ONE or Option TWO. Q3. Why doesn't the RE LED turn solid blue ? • If you failed to connect the extender to the router using web browser, you may have entered an incorrect Wi-Fi password for your host router during the configuration. Log in to the extender's web management page to check the password and try again. • The extender may be out-of-range. Please move it closer to the router. If the RE LED still doesn't turn solid blue, reset the extender and then go through the configuration again. Q4. What should I do if I forget the password of the extender's web management page? • Refer to FAQ > Q2 to reset the extender and then visit http://tplinkrepeater.net to creat a new login password. Q5. I enabled wireless MAC filter, wireless access control, or access control list (ACL) on my router and what should I do to configure and use the extender? When a device connects through the extender to your router, the MAC address of the device shown on the router is translated to another MAC address. If your router's MAC filter, wireless access control, or ACL is enabled, the devices connected to the extender cannot get an IP address from the extender and cannot access the Internet. To solve this problem, please follow the steps below: 27

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FAQ
Q1. What should I do if I can’t access the extender’s web management
page after entering http://tplinkrepeater.net?
• Make sure your computer is connected to the extended network.
• Make sure your computer’s setting is set to obtain an IP address and DNS server
address automatically.
• Use the IP address to access the extender. The default IP is
192.168.0.254
. If the
extender is connected to the router, you should go to your router’s DHCP client list to
obtain the extender’s current IP address.
• Reset the extender and connect to its wireless network. Enter
http://tplinkrepeater.
net
or
in the web browser and press
Enter
.
Q2. How can I reset the extender?
• With the extender powered on, press and hold the WPS/RESET button
WPS/
RESET
for more
than 5 seconds until the RE LED
turns off momentarily, and then release the button.
Note:
After the extender restarts, you need to configure it again by following Option ONE or Option TWO.
Q3. Why doesn’t the RE
LED
turn solid blue ?
• If you failed to connect the extender to the router using web browser, you may have
entered an incorrect Wi-Fi password for your host router during the configuration.
Log in to the extender’s web management page to check the password and try again.
• The extender may be out-of-range. Please move it
closer
to the router. If the RE LED
still doesn’t turn solid blue, reset the extender and then go through the configuration
again.
Q4. What should I do if
I forget the password of the extender’s web
management page?
• Refer to FAQ > Q2 to reset the extender and then visit http://tplinkrepeater.net to creat
a new login password.
Q5. I enabled wireless MAC filter, wireless access control, or access
control list (ACL) on my router and what should I do to configure and
use the extender?
When a device connects through the extender to your router, the MAC address of the
device shown on the router is translated to another MAC address. If your router’s MAC
filter, wireless access control, or ACL is enabled, the devices
connected to the extender
cannot get an IP address from the extender and cannot access the Internet.
To solve this problem, please follow the steps below: