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Getting Started

WiFi Booster for Mobile WN1000RP

How the Booster Works

The booster works like a bridge between a WiFi router and a computer or wireless device

outside the wireless router’s range. The booster has two main jobs:

1. T

he booster connects to a WiFi network.

When the booster connects wirelessly to a network,

it acts as a network client. This is

similar to how a computer connects to a network.

2. The b

ooster acts as an access point for computers.

The booster has its own wireless network called NETGEAR_EXT that wireless computers

can join.

In its role as an access point, the booster performs tasks that wireless routers

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

The booster needs to do each of these jobs so that both ends of the bridge are in place.

Figure 1. Booster in a home

When to Use Your Booster

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

connection is poor. Because data traffic routed through the booster 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 booster

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

poor or non-existent.

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