![]() ![]() Alternately, disconnect from your home Wi-Fi network and connect directly to the extender. Plug the extender into the wall, then plug the Ethernet cable into both the extender and your computer. Michael Crider/IDGĬonnecting a laptop to the Wi-Fi extender. (One probably came in the box with your extender.) If your computer doesn’t have an Ethernet port, you’ll need to connect to the default Wi-Fi network that the extender broadcasts, which is different from the one already in your home (at least for now.) This is usually “WIFI_EXTENDER” or something similar check the instructions if it asks for a password. You’ll need a desktop or laptop with an Ethernet cable for a wired connection, and the cable itself. If you want to connect to the extender over Ethernet (see the Connection section), you might have to fudge it and go farther. If you’re using a Wi-Fi extender for just one user (say, to get a better signal for a home office PC), you’ll want to place it approximately between that user and the Wi-Fi router. This outlet is in the middle of my halfway, between the router in the living room and the bedrooms. This will give it a fairly reliable, line-of-sight connection to the router, while rebroadcasting its wireless signal to the rooms on the second floor. Ideally you want it close enough to your Wi-Fi router at the source to get the most stable connection, but far enough away that it will cover a large area that the router doesn’t cover.įor example: if you live in a two-story house and your router is on the main floor in the living room, an ideal spot for the extender is plugged into an outlet at the top of the stairs. ![]() Where to put your Wi-Fi extenderĬhoosing where to place your network extender is essential. But you’ll be paying for something that you don’t really need, since the extender won’t be able to speed up the connection from the router itself. See UniFi APs for suitable products.You can buy an extender that’s newer and/or faster than your router, and it will work fine. METHOD 3:The Ubiquiti Mesh range of products also support wireless links between UniFi APs, with the bonus that they are weatherproof and support daisy-chaining where you can have repeaters connected (wirelessly) to repeaters.Īll Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi products support the Repeater function.Simply click the ADOPT button on the controller and sit back. Soon the controller will notice the orphan UniFi AP, and propose that you Adopt Wirelessly. METHOD 2: Power up a Factory Default UniFi AP with power only (no Ethernet LAN connection) within WiFi range of 1 or more already adopted UniFi APs.After a while, the controller will notice and propose using a wireless uplink to re-connect the repeater UAP with the network. Then remove the LAN connection, but keep the power connection. Adopt into the controller as you normally would. Make sure it is also within WiFi range of at least one other adopted UniFi AP. METHOD 1: Connect the UniFi AP you want to use as a repeater as normal (with LAN cable) to the LAN.It is very simple there are multiple ways as shown below #Wi fi repeater how to#How to Set Up Ubiquiti UniFi Access Points as Repeaters It is acting as a repeater as it is has exactly the same functionality as all other UniFi APs in the same Wireless LAN (WLAN) group. The wirelessly-linked UniFi AP needs only power no wired LAN connection. A UniFi AP makes a wireless link to another UniFi AP that is already on the LAN. A cable between the UniFi AP and the LAN. In a nut shell, you have two options when connecting a UniFi AP to the local network (LAN): We recommend one of the Universal WiFi products.Īll Ubiquiti Access Points ( APs) support the concept of wireless Uplinks/Downlinks. Using Ubiquiti WiFi products as WiFi Repeaters (also known as WiFi Extenders, or WiFi Boosters) is simple.Ĭase 1 - Main AP is NOT a Ubiquiti UniFi AP ![]()
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