Netgear XWN5001 - Manuals

3 Hardware Features WirelessLED PowerLED PowerlineLED EthernetLED Securitybutton Factory Reset button Ethernetport On/Offswitch Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point (XWN5001)

4 LED Descriptions The LEDs indicate the status of your Powerline device. • When you plug in the Powerline device, the Power LED lights and turns green. • The Ethernet LED lights and turns green when you connect a powered-on Ethernet device to at least one Ethernet port. If the LED is off, there is ...

5 Button Descriptions The buttons on your Powerline device let you do the following: • Factory Reset button: Use the Factory Reset button to return your Powerline device to its default factory settings. Press the Factory Reset button for 2 seconds, and then release it. • Power On/Off switch: Use the...

6 Install the Access Point and Surf the Web with WiFi 1. Secure your Powerline network.These instructions assume that you already have a Powerline network that includes at least 2 Powerline devices and that you want to add the XWN5001 to your network. a. Make sure that the Power LED is solid green o...

7 c. Within 2 minutes, press the Security button on the XWN5001 for 2 seconds, and then release the button. Reset Reset d. After a few seconds, the security is set and the Power LEDs turn solid green. The Powerline devices can communicate over the Powerline network in a secure way. Reset Reset

10 Note: You can connect an Ethernet-based device (like a game console, set-top box, or Blu-ray player) to the Internet and the home network with the additional Ethernet port on the XWN5001. This room has an XWN5001 WiFiaccess point.

11 4. Set up WiFi access on your XWN5001 access point. You can set up WiFi access on your XWN5001 access point in one of two ways: • Option 1 : Use NETGEAR genie to manually configure the wireless settings of your XWN5001 access point. a. Install NETGEAR genie. (See Install NETGEAR genie on page 19....

13 f. From the pop-up menu that displays, select Wireless configuration . g. Enter the following wireless settings: • Wireless Network Name (SSID) • Wireless Security Type • Passphrase

15 • Option 2 : Use the web browser setup guide to manually configure the wireless settings of your XWN5001 access point.On your computer or wireless device (tablet, smartphone): a. Open the software that manages your wireless network connections and connect to the XWN5001 network. Tip: The default ...

16 b. On the same computer or wireless device, open a web browser window.The browser takes you directly to the onscreen setup guide. If it does not, enter one of the following into the browser address bar: www.mywifiext.net www.netgearextender.net c. When prompted to log in, enter: • User name: admi...

17 If you want to clone your existing wireless network, enter the same wireless settings that your router or gateway uses. If you want to create a new wireless network, enter new wireless settings. Creating a new wireless network lets you have a second network in another zone of your house. Record t...

19 Install NETGEAR genie Follow these instructions to download and install NETGEAR genie on your computer. 1. Type http://support.netgear.com into your browser address bar. 2. Click the For Home button. 3. In the search box, type xwn5001 . 4. Download the NETGEAR genie that corresponds to your OS en...

20 Compatible NETGEAR Powerline Devices Your Powerline device can share a Powerline network with these compatible NETGEAR devices: XAVB1301, XAVB1401, XAVB2101, XAVB2602, XAVNB2001, XAVB5601, XAVB5101, XAVB5201, XAVB5602, XAUB2511, XAVB5004, XAVB1004, XWNB5602, XWNB5201, and XWNB1601. For a complete...

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