How to use site survey – Linksys RE2000 User Manual

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Linksys Wireless-N Range Extender

Connecting with the extender’s PIN

Use this method if your client device asks for the extender’s PIN.

1.  On the client device, enter the PIN listed on the extender’s Wi-Fi Protected

Setup screen. (It is also listed on the bottom of the extender.) When the

connection is complete, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup light on the extender

is continuously lit.

2.  Click OK  on the extender’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen within two

minutes.

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If you have client devices that do not support Wi-Fi Protected

Setup, note the wireless settings, and then manually configure

those client devices.

How to use Site Survey

The  Site  Survey  gives  a  snapshot  of  all  neighboring  access  points  and 

wireless routers within range of the extender.

To open the Site Survey page:
1. 
Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to access the browser-based

utility” on page 5).

2.  Click the Wireless tab, then click the Site Survey page.

Select—To connect to a wireless network, click the button next to the

wireless network name (SSID) in the Select column, then click Connect

.

SSID—Displays the name of neighboring wireless networks.
GHz—Displays the radio band (in GHz) of the neighboring wireless

networks. (This column is available only with the RE2000.)
Signal  Strength—Displays the relative position of the neighboring

APs by indicating the power of the wireless signal received: 1 bar= 20%,

2 bars=40%, 3 bars=60%, 4 bars=80%, 5 bars=100%. If no bar is displayed,

the extender is located too far away from the upstream AP. Try to keep

the signal strength between 60% and 100% for optimum performance.

A  careful site survey will help in keeping this value within acceptable

range to benefit from optimum performance.
Security—Displays the mode of security in use by the neighboring APs.

If a network supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup

icon is also displayed.

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