Quick Installation Guide AC1200 Wireless LAN Dual Band Concurrent MU-MIMO Repeater RE-7478RPC 1 Package Contents ......................................................................................... Page 3 Build Network Connections ........................................................................ Page 4 Repeater mode Network Setup ................................................................... Page 5 Client mode Network Setup ........................................................................ Page 10 AP mode Network Setup ............................................................................. Page 15 To enable/disable LED lights....................................................................... Page 19 2 Package Contents Before you starting to use this repeater, please check if theres anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:
WiFi Repeater Unit (1 pcs) User Manual and Quick Installation Guide CD-ROM (1 pcs) 3 Build Network Connections Please follow the following instructions to install this repeater:
1. Select working mode:
AP: Work as wireless access point
(Serve wireless clients) Repeater: Work as wireless repeater
(Extends wireless signal coverage) Client: Work as wireless network client
(Become your computers wireless network card) 2. Place this repeater in an appropriate place after conducting a site survey. 3. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. PWR LED should be steadily on. If PWR LED is still off, please check if the power outlet youre using is working or contact your dealer of purchase for assistance. Besides WPS hardware button setup, you can also login Firmware for more advanced settings. For detailed setup, see following pages. 4 Repeater mode Network Setup This repeater is your Wi-Fi range extender !
It can extend your wireless signal and coverage and help you to solve wireless dead zone problem. For the first time setup, you can move repeater close to the access point you wish to connect, after installation done, you can move the repeater to the place you wish to use. You can build wireless connection via Hardware WPS button or Software web browser. If your broadband router or access point also supports WPS button, we recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer. Using WPS button to build wireless connection:
1. Switch mode selector to Repeater. 2. Insert wireless repeater into power outlet on the wall. You should see Power LED light up in few seconds. If not, please check if the power outlet youre using is working. 5 3. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, WPS LED will start flashing. 4. Press WPS button on the access point you wish to connect within 2 minutes. If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menus WPS function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI to have quick setup
(detailed setup refers to following page) 5. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will reboot immediately to make your setting effect ;
if WPS LED flashes fast, theres something error, please wait for 2 minutes until WPS LED off, and try from step(3) again. When quick installation is successfully done, Signal LED will turn on. Please move repeater to the place you wish to use, you can check Signal LED status to understand signal reception level. (Steady light: Excellent, Flash:
Good, Fast flash: poor.) Congratulations!
The setup is completely done, now you can start to enjoy wireless repeater. 6 Using Web browser to build wireless connection:
Following procedure is for establishing connection via login WEB UI. Please make sure your computer is DHCP client (obtain IP automatically from DHCP server) 1. Use Ethernet cable to connect your computers Ethernet port and wireless repeaters Ethernet port or use your computers wireless configuration utility to search for access point named repeater0003 and get connected. Note: 0003 is an example, its the last 4 digits of device MAC number, find it on each device label. 2. Open web browser and input http://repeater0003 in address bar. Note: 0003 is an example, its the last 4 digits of device MAC number, find it on each device label. 3. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password. Default username is admin and password is 1234. Click OK button to continue. 4. All wireless access points nearby will be displayed on the list. Select it and click Next button to continue. If the access point you wish to connect does not appear here, please click Refresh until it appears on the list, or try to move wireless repeater closer to the access point you wish to connect. 7 5. Youll be prompted to input access points wireless security key, input it in KEY field and click Next to continue. 6. System will start to verify wireless key. It will show you result within 20 seconds. If key is wrong, please go back to check your key again. If key is correct, you can click Next to continue. 7. When key is correct, this Range Extender will display the information for you, you can press Yes button to setup another band, or press No to the bridge setup. 8. When you done to setup dual band success (or setup single band manually), you will see the page on the below, press Next to continue. 9. After settings successfully, wireless repeater will display the connection information for you. Please press APPLY to end the setting or press Back to return the setup page. 8 10. Please wait for few seconds for wireless repeater to reboot. After reboot complete, use your computer to connect to wireless access point by the SSID you set in last step and start using network. Congratulations!
The Quick Setup is completely done, now you can start to enjoy wireless repeater. Note: If you hope to run Quick Setup again or had problem to login web UI, pls. hold on WPS button for 10 seconds until POWER LED blinking, device will start to reset to factory default. 9 Client mode Network Setup Client mode can let your networking device have wireless capability; it will become your networking devices wireless network card. You can connect this device to Ethernet port of your existing internet TV or DVD player or game console device with Ethernet cable. Using WPS button to build wireless connection:
1. Switch mode selector to Client. 2. Insert wireless repeater into power outlet on the wall. You should see Power LED light up in few seconds. If not, please check if the power outlet youre using is working. 10 3. Connect your computer and wireless repeater by Ethernet cable. 4. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, WPS LED will start flashing. 5. Press WPS button on the access point you wish to connect within 2 minutes. If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menus WPS function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI to have quick setup
(detailed setup refers to following manual) 11 6. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; if WPS LED flashes fast, theres something error, please wait for 2 minutes until WPS LED off, and try from step(3) again. Please move repeater to the place you wish to use, you can check Signal LED status to understand signal reception level. (Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor.) 7. Congratulations! The setup is completely done, now you can start to enjoy wireless repeater. Note: If you hope to run Quick Setup again or had problem to login web UI, pls. hold on WPS button for 10 seconds until POWER LED blinking, device will start to reset to factory default. Using Web browser to build wireless connection:
Following procedure is for establishing connection via login WEB UI:
NOTE: Please make sure your computer is DHCP client (obtain IP automatically from DHCP server) 1. Open web browser and input http://repeater0003 in address bar. Note: 0003 is an example, its the last 4 digits of device MAC number, find it on each device label. 12 2. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password. Default username is admin and password is 1234. Click OK button to continue. 3. All wireless access points nearby will be displayed on the list. Select it and click Next button to continue. If the access point you wish to connect does not appear here, please click Refresh until it appears on the list, or try to move wireless repeater closer to the access point you wish to connect. 4. Youll be prompted to input access points wireless security key, input it in KEY field and click Next to continue. 5. System will start to verify wireless key. It will show you result within 20 seconds. If key is wrong, please go back to check your key again. If key is correct, you can click Next to continue. 6. Please recheck settings you made, and click Apply to continue. 13 7. Please wait for few seconds for wireless repeater to reboot. After reboot complete, use your computer to connect to wireless access point by the SSID you set in last step and start using network. 8. Use Ethernet cable to connect it to Ethernet port of your networking device. 9. Congratulations! The Quick Setup is completely done, now you can start to enjoy wireless repeater. Note: If you hope to run Quick Setup again or had problem to login web UI, pls. hold on WPS button for 10 seconds until POWER LED blinking, device will start to reset to factory default. 14 AP mode Network Setup You can build a wireless networking environment, please switch this device to wireless access point mode and connect it to your wired router. Using WPS button to build wireless connection:
1. Switch mode selector to AP. 2. Insert wireless repeater into power outlet on the wall. You should see Power LED light up in few seconds. If not, please check if the power outlet youre using is working. 15 3. Connect the wireless repeater to ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through the LAN port of the wireless repeater by Ethernet cable. 4. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, WPS LED will start flashing. 5. Press WPS button on the client device you wish to connect within 2 minutes. 16 6. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; if WPS LED flashes fast, theres something error, please wait for 2 minutes until WPS LED off, and try from step(3) again. 7. Open web browser and input http://repeater0003 in address bar. Note: 0003 is an example, its the last 4 digits of device MAC number, find it on each device label. 8. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password. Default username is admin and password is 1234. Click OK button to continue. 17 9. Please input a SSID (a name used to identify this access point) in Device SSID field, then click Next button. Default SSID is repeater0003. Note: 0003 is an example, its the last 4 digits of device MAC number, find it on each device label. 10. Select security type of wireless link include 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz : Disable (no security), WEP, WPA pre-shared key. WEP encryption: Select key length (64 or 128bit), key format (Hex or ASCII characters), Default Tx Key (usually use Key 1), and input key characters
(refer to Key Format you selected for number of characters) WPA pre-shared key: Select one WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (usually use default setting WPA(TKIP)), Pre-shared Key Format: Passphrase
(alphanumeric characters) or Hex (64 Hex Characters), and input key characters in KEY field. 11. Please recheck settings you made, and click Apply to continue. 12. Please be patient while device restarting, and you can access this wireless repeater as wireless AP after reboot is complete. 13. Congratulations! The setup is completely done, now you can start to enjoy wireless repeater. Note: If you hope to run Quick Setup again or had problem to login web UI, pls. hold on WPS button for 10 seconds until POWER LED blinking, device will start to reset to factory default. 18 To enable/disable LED lights:
After Quick Setup is done and wireless repeater is rebooted, youll enter into wireless r epeaters configuration menu for more settings that you wish to change. 1. Click Advanced Settings on the left. 19 2. Check Enable LED OFF mode to setup LED behavior:
Turn off all LED: disabled all LED lights Turn off all LED except POWER LED: all LED lights will be disabled, except POWER LED. 3. Click Apply button to save changes. For advanced settings and other features of this wireless repeater, please refer to user m anual enclosed in supplied CD-ROM. 20 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. 2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. 4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help. FCC Caution This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body. The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only. This equipment is restricted to indoor use when operated in the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz frequency range. Edimax Computer Company 3350 Scott Boulevard, Building #15, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA TEL408-496 1105 #103 FAX408-980 1530 21 RED Compliance Statement This equipment compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment. EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EU Countries Not Intended for Use None 22 Specification SoC + RF: Realtek RTL8197FE + RTL8812BRH GbE PHY : Realtek RTL8211F Flash: 8MB SDRAM: 64MB LAN Port: 10/100/1000M UTP Port x 1 Power: 5VDC, 1.5A Switching Power Module Inside AC Power Input: 100-240V, 0.25A, 50-60Hz Dimension: 59(W) x 91(H) x 40(D) mm excluding power plug Temperature: 32~104F (0 ~ 40C) Operating: 32~104F (0~40C) Storage: -4~140F (-20~60C) Humidity: 10-90% (NonCondensing) Operating: 10~90% (NonCondensing) Storage: Max. 95% (NonCondensing) Certification: FCC, CE 23