Dlink AC`1750 setup -dlinkap.local

Dlink AC1750 extender
Dlink AC1750 extender

How to set up a Dlink AC1750 extender?

A user can set up a Dlink AC1750 extender using a WPS (Wi-fi Protected Setup) method. To set up the range extender using a WPS method, a user has to make sure that he must have a compatible Access point router. A WPS connection creates a new SSID name for the extended Wi-fi signals by adding -EXT extension at the end of your network name.

Steps to setup a Dlink AC1750 range extender

  1. Unpack the range extender, Ethernet cable, and Quick setup guide that comes along with it.
  2. Plug in the range extender into a power outlet available near the wireless router.
  3. Wait up to 3 minutes until the Power LED blinking amber comes to become stable
  4. Now, Press the WPS button located on the front panel of your range extender.
  5. The WPS LED starts to flash on your device.
  6. Once the WPS light blinking on the range extender confirms, press the WPS of the router within 10 seconds.
  7. A user must press the WPS button of the router within one minute.
  8. The LED of the range extender starts to blink green.
  9. Once the connection gets established, the LED stops blinking and turn solid GREEN.
  10. The connection process may take 3 minutes.
  11. When the Status LED turns green, it means the range extender gets successfully connected to the wireless router.
  12. Once you are connected, relocate the range extender to an optimum location.
  13. Go ahead to the computer and open a browser.
  14. Now, check the Wi-fi configuration card that comes along with the range extender.
  15. Locate the default Network name and Wi-fi password on the product label
  16. Open the Wi-fi settings on your computer and check for the available Wi-fi networks.
  17. Connect to the extender’s Wi-fi network using the default Network name and default Wi-fi password.
  18. Once the computer gets connected to the range extender, open a browser in it.
  19. Type dlinkap.local on the address bar and hit enter.
  20. The configuration page of the dlinkap.local window appears on the screen.
  21. You can change the language from the bottom of the screen, English is set as the default language
  22. Click Next when you are done.
  23. Select the “Extend an existing Wireless network” option then proceed.
  24. Hence the router is already connected to the range extender, now you just have to personalize the Wi-fi settings
  25. Change the default network name and Wi-fi password of both the Wi-fi bands of the range extender.
  26. You can assign the Wi-fi password upto 32 characters.
  27. If you want to apply the same Wi-fi password to both the Wi-fi bands, select “Use the same password for both the networks” optoin
  28. Click Next when you are done.
  29. In this step, assign an admin password to log in to the dlinkap.local web interface.
  30. Once done, click Next.
  31. Review the settings from the summary page.
  32. The range extender will now reboot to apply the extender settings.
  33. Click OK and close the browser.

Note: Once the setup process gets done, you can check the completion of the process by connecting to the extender Wi-fi network using new Wireless settings. From the desktop screen, scan for the available Wi-fi networks and check the new Network name of the extender’s network name is present on the Wi-fi list or not.

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