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Getting Started

Universal WiFi Range Extender WN2000RPT

How the Extender Works

The extender works like a bridge between a wireless router and a computer or wireless

device outside the wireless router’s range. To do this, the extender has two main jobs:

1. The extender connects to a wireless network that is up and running.

When the extender connects wirelessly to a network, it acts as a network client. This is

similar to how a computer connects to a network.

2. The extender acts a

s an access point for computers.

The extender has its own wireless network called NETGEAR_EXT that wireless

computers can join. In its role as an access point, the extender performs tasks that

wireless routers do, such as broadcasting its network name (SSID).

The extender must do each of these jobs so that both ends of the bridge are in place.

Extender

Router

Computer

outside the

router’s range

The Extender is halfway

between the router

and the computer.

Figure 2. Range Extender in a home

When to Use Your Extender

NETGEAR recommends that you connect to the extender only when your home network

connection is poor. Because data traffic routed through the extender is inherently slower than

traffic routed directly from the network, the computer should stay on the network if the

connection is good enough. NETGEAR recommends that you connect through the extender

network only when the computer is in a “dead zone” where connection from the network is

very poor or non-existent.

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