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Xtender 300: Universal Repeater Setup

Last Updated: Apr 21, 2016 05:16PM COT

This article applies to the Universal Repeater Xtender 300.

Note: Your Universal Repeater is compatible with any Operating System (O.S.), it only requires
a web browser to access the configuration main page. (PE: IE, Mozilla, Chrome, Safari, etc.)
Please

proceed

this

steps

to

setup

you

Universal

Repeater:

1. Connect the Xtender 300 to the power outlet, then press the Reset button for 30 seconds.
2. Take the RJ-45 Ethernet cable, that came in the box with the Xtender 300. Connect one end
into the network port of your Xtender (LAN/WAN), the other end, to the Ethernet port in the PC
or Laptop you are using to setup the Xtender 300. Disable the Wireless connection of this
PC
if
it
is
enabled
before
proceed.
NOTE: Steps 3 to 7 are based on WINDOWS. For LINUX all you have to do
is change the IP Address of the computer, as shown on step 6.
3. Please proceed to configure your network card in your computer. Go to Control
Panel and then choose Network and Sharing Center. Then select Change Adapter
Settings.

In the next windows, with your mouse press right click on the Ethernet Icon (or Local Area
Connection Icon) and choose Properties.
4.

5. On the window inside the LAN Properties, scroll down and choose Internet Protocol
Version
4
(TCP/IPv4), then
press
the
"Properties"
button.
6. Choose "Use the following IP Address" option and inmediately proceed to add the
following IP numbers in the window below:

IP Address: 192. 168.0.100

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (Xtender300 IP Address)

7. Press

the OK button

and

then

"Close"

on

the

LAN

Properties

window.

8. Open a web browser and on the Address bar, type the Xtender 300 IP address, that
is http://192.168.0.1 to access the setup page of your Xtender 300.

9. Type admin in the password field. Press "OK".

10.
Go
to Advanced
Settings.
11. Then Wireless
Settings

Wireless
Security
12. Next to Select SSID box you will see the Xtender300 wireless name Nexxt_xxxxx.
13. Choose your Security Mode recommended (Mixed WPA/WPA2 PSK), and in
the WPA
Encryption
Key Type choose TKIP&AES
14. Type
your
desired
password
in Security
Key.
15. After
that
hit Apply,
and
your
setting
are
saved.

16.
Then
go
to Wireless
Extender is
next
to "Wireless
Security".
17.
In
"Extender
Mode",
select "Universal
Repeater".
18. Press Open Scan and choose your wireless signal. After selection, a message will
appear that says "Are you sure to connect to this AP?", press "OK". You will see your
Wireless
Network
Name
on
the
"SSID" Field.
NOTE: For steps 19 to 21, we suggest to verify your wireless security
settings from the main router to match this security settings correctly
with your Xtender300 wireless settings. If you don't know this
information, you need to access the main router if this is one of ours
routers Nexxt Solutions. If you are going to extend the wireless signal

from the router of your ISP you will need to contact them and ask the
security
type.
19. In Security Mode choose the same wireless security you have in the main modem .
NOTE: Some ISP use WEP as security mode for the router. If this is the
case, you will use SHARED in the "Security Mode", the algorithm will be
"AES", in the security wep key 1 you will add the password of your main
modem, and if this password use NUMBERS and LETTERS use the code
HEX
instead
of
ACSII.
20. If you choose the security type "WPA-PSK" ( For example ), in the algorithm choose the
option"AES". If you choose (Mixed WPA/WPA2 PSK), then choose in the WPA Encryption
Key Type choose agian TKIP&AES. Remember this need to be the same security type in
order to work.
21.

In Security Key type the same password you have in your main modem.

22.

Press Apply to save changes. Your router will reboot to apply changes.

23. After reboot, we suggest to recover your Local Area Connection settings on your PC to
check if Internet comes up on the Xtender. This can be done following steps 3 to 7, with the
difference that on step 6, select "Obtain an IP Address Automatically" on IP address and
DDNS
address.
Then
press
"OK"
and
then
"Close" to
save
changes.
24. After this step, and without disconnecting the Ethernet cable between PC and Xtender
300, open a web browser and check if you can browse the internet. If yes, you will be able to
connect via wireless and browse in the internet using this Xtender300 as well, using your
wireless
main
SSID
and
password.

Here

is

video

tutorial

showing

all

steps

explained

on

this

article: