Setting Up Your Wifi Range Extender with the Help of Netgear Genie

A wifi range extender is a device that boosts the wifi signal connectivity of your existing router and helps it to reach the far areas of the house where the wifi signal does not reach by the router’s network. The wifi range extender is placed at a spot where it receives great signals from the router and it takes the signals of the router and retransmits it all over the house or office wherever you put it.You just have to get a wifi range extender of your choice according to your requirements and set it up on the mywifiext site with the help of Netgear Genie which is a desktop application.

Netgear Genie

The Netgear Genie helps in managing your extender from one place, including all its settings and other Netgear genie additional settings for your extender. It is a desktop application as stated above and it works on both the computer and Mac. It is very helpful while setting up the wifi range extender and any one can setup the extender with the help of the Netgear Genie. Its various features include - link screen and control the system settings of your home through cell phones or tablets, flawlessly stream recordings and music documents through My Media in your system through cell phones, get prints from telephones or iPads by adding Air Print similarity to any printer, secure your association through mobiles or tablets with a QR code, with EZ portable interface highlight, access the parental control highlight effectively through cell phones, system settings of Network App can be observed and controlled no problem at all, in-house observing of all Guest Access in the system, screen the Wifi Analytics of your system utilizing the Wifi Analytics Feature, investigate any issues in the system and much more.

Netgear Genie Setup

The Netgear genie setup is very simple and you only need to follow the steps given below after following these guidelines here –

• Your web browser should have versions that are up to date
• The extender must be placed near the main router
• The internet should be in working condition
• There must be more than one web browser so that another can be used in case of browser issue

Now the steps for Netgear Genie smart setup will be described below –

1. Plug your extender in an electrical outlet and switch it on
2. Check if the power LED is on or not
3. Connect the extender to a computer via the Ethernet cables
4. Open a web browser and go to the address bar

5. Go to the site link Mywifiext.net

1. You will be shown the login page
2. Fill in the default login credentials and login
3. The Netgear Genie smart setup page will open
4. Follow the instructions given there
5. Register your device
6. You can change or reset the login credentials on the setup page and apply all the settings before logging out
7. Create an account if you have not already created one
8. Finish the setup and move the extender to a spot where it receives good wifi signals

You can check for the signal strength by the LED indicators on the extender, green LED indicates great signals, amber indicates average signal strength and red shows no signal received. You can set the extender accordingly on the right spot.

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