Edimax EW-7438RPN AIR manual

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    EW -7438R Pn Air Quick Installation Guide 02-2014 / v1.0[...]

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    1 I. Product Information I- 1. Package Contents - EW -7438 RP n Ai r - CD with multi -language QIG & user manua l - Quick installation gui de (QIG) - Access key card I-2. System Requirements - Existing 2.4GHz wireless n etwork - Computer with 2.4GHz 802.11/b/g/n Wi -Fi adapter, and web browser for software configurat ion (Internet Explorer 8 ®[...]

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    2 Green On Successful WPS connecti on Flashing WPS in progress Off Off Sleep Mode II. Installation 1. Plug the EW-7438 RPn Air into a pow er socket. The LED will flash red while the system is booting up. The device is ready when th e LED displays on ( red ). 2. Use a Wi-Fi device (e.g. computer, tablet, smartphon e) to search for a Wi - Fi networ k[...]

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    3 3. O pen a web brows er and if you do not au tomatically arrive at the “Get Started” screen shown below , enter the URL http://edi max ext. setup and click “Get Started” to begin the set up process.[...]

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    4 If you cannot access http://edimaxext.setup , please make sure your computer is set to use a dynamic IP address. For more information please refer to the user manual. 4. Please read the on screen instructions about selecting a good locatio n for your wireless extender and t hen click “N EXT ” to continue. You can check your signal strength on[...]

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    5 7. When the connect ion test is complet e, click “Apply” to restart the extender. 8. Please wait a moment unt il the extender is ready. 9. A final congratulations scr een will indicate that setup is comple te . The EW -7438RPn Air is working and ready for us e - the LED should display on or flashing blue de pending on your si gnal strength . [...]

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    6 Android: iOS: 10. Please close the browse r window. Y ou can now conn ect to the extender ’s new SSID on a wir eless device within range such as a comput er, smartphone or tabl et. The password for your Wi-Fi extender ’s SSID is the same as for your router’ s SSID. For more advance d configurations, use the browser bas ed co nfiguration int[...]

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    7 III. Reset the Extender If you experience problems wit h your extender or if you want to chang e the extender to a diffe rent operating mo de, you can reset t he device back to its factory settings. This resets all settings back to d efault. 1. Press and hold the WPS/Reset butto n for at least 1 0 seconds unt il the LED is flashing red . 2. Wait [...]

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    8 IV. Browser Based Configuration Interface After setup you ca n use the browser based confi guration interface to configure advance d settings. 1. To access the browser based conf iguration inte rface enter http://edimaxext. setup into the URL bar of a browser on a network devi ce which is connecte d to the same Wi- Fi network as the extender. 2. [...]

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    9 V. WPS If your wireless ro uter/access point supports WPS (Wi- Fi Protected Setup ) then you can use t his method to s etup your wireless extender. 1. Press the WPS but ton on you r wireless router/a ccess point to acti vate its WPS. Please check the instructions for your wireless router/access point for how long you need to hold down its WPS but[...]

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    10 Federal Communic ation Commis sion Interference S tatement This equipment has b een tested and foun d to comply with the limits f or a Class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to provide r easonable prot ection again st harmful interfe rence in a residential install ation. This equip ment generates, u[...]

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    11 EU Declaration of Conformity English: This equipment is in compliance with the essentia l requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1995/95/EC, 2011/65/EC. Français: Cet équipement est conforme aux exigences essentielles et a utres dispositions de la directive 1995/95/CE, 2011/65/CE. Čeština : Toto zařízení je v souladu se z[...]

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    12 Declaration of Conformity We, Edimax Tec hnology Co., L td ., dec lare und er our sole respon sibility, that the equipmen t described below c omplies with the requirem ents of the European R&TTE directive 1999 /95/EC, and directive 2011 /65/EC(RoHS) . Equipment: N300 Smart Wi-Fi Ex tender Model No.: EW - 7438 RPn Air The following Eu ropean [...]

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    13 Notice Accord ing to GNU General Public License Version 2 This product includes software that is subject to the GNU General Pu blic License version 2. The program is fr ee software and distributed without an y warranty of th e author. We offer, valid for at least three years, to give you, fo r a char ge no more than the costs of phy sically perf[...]

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    14 intact all the notices that refer to this License and t o the absence of any warranty ; and give any other recipient s of the Program a copy of th is License alon g with the Program. You may charge a fee for th e physical act of tra nsferring a copy , and you may at you r option offer warranty protection i n exchange for a fee. 2. You may modify[...]

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    15 Therefore, by modifying or d istributing the Pro gram (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your accepta nce of this License to do so, a nd all its term s and conditions for co pying, distribu ting or modifying the Program or work s based on it. 6. Each time you redistribu te the Program (or an y work based o n the Program), the recip[...]