How to Use Netgear App to Setup AX1800 Extender?

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Netgear Nighthawk app is use to the setup and manages the Netgear networking devices like extender, mesh system, routers. Here you will get to know how to the setup AX1800 range extender via Netgear app. we have also share some easy guidelines which you can use to access the interface via computer or laptop. by this interface, you can also initiate Netgear firmware update.

Setup AX1800 Range Extender

To start the setup, you have to connect the extender to the router, which you can do by using Ethernet cable or WPS method;

Ethernet Cable Link

You have to place the extender near to the home WiFi router. Then simply, connect your router LAN port to the extender port by using the Ethernet cable.

After that, you have to turn it on by plugging it into the electric wall socket.

WPS Method Link

You have to plug the extender in to the power outlet first and power it on.

After that you have to press the WPS button on the router and press the same button on the AX1800 extender within two minutes. Then, both the devices will connect wirelessly.

Now, you have to log in to the interface of the extender for which you have to download the Netgear Nighthawk app and setup Netgear AX1800 extender.

Setup Via Netgear Nighthawk App

To download the Netgear app, you just have to use these below written instructions;

• Connect the phone to the extender network that is netgear_ext.
• Go to Play Store (If you have Android), or App Store (If you have Apple iPhone).

• Here, you have to search the Netgear Nighthawk app in it and download it.

After downloading the app, you have to log in to the extender with the help of app.

• Open the app in your phone, where you have to enter the Email address and password.
• If you don’t have these credentials, then choose the Sign Up option.
• Here, you have to enter the Email ID, name, password, and confirm password.
• You will create an account, which you can use to log in to the app dashboard.

On the app dashboard, you will able to setup the Netgear AX1800 range extender by adjusting the settings and networks.

Other Way to Setup AX1800 Extender

The other way to setup the AX1800 extender device is via your computer.

• Connect the computer or laptop to the extender network.
• Go to the web browser and search the URL mywifiext.net or you can search IP address 192.168.1.250.
• The interface login page will comes on the screen; here you have to enter the username and password.
• The username and password are given on the label or in the user manual of the AX1800 extender.
• Then simply, log in to the interface dashboard, in which you can easily adjust settings and networks.

The End Lines

Here, you have seen and learned how to setup the Netgear AX1800 WiFi extender with the help of Netgear Nighthawk app. we have also added instructions to access the interface through the computer.