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NETGEAR XAVN2001 User Manual

NETGEAR XAVN2001
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Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Hardware Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
LED and Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How the WiFi Extender Fits into Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Set Up the Powerline Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Set Up a New Powerline Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Add the WiFi Extender to an Existing Powerline Network . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set Up the WiFi Extender Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Method A: Use NETGEAR genie for Wireless Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Method B: Use WPS for Wireless Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Join the WiFi Extender Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Method A: Join the Wireless Network Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Method B: Join the Wireless Network Using WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Powerline Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Use the Security Button to Set the Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 Using NETGEAR genie
Install NETGEAR genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Powerline Utility Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Security Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
View the Link Rate between Powerline Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Change the Name of a Powerline Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turn LEDs Off or On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set the Powerline Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Reset a Device to Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Add a Device to the Powerline Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Change the Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Access NETGEAR Web genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configure Advanced Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Update the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Basic Functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
If You Do Not See All Your Devices with the NETGEAR genie . . . . . . . . . 38
If You Do Not See the Powerline Icon on Your Network Map . . . . . . . . . . 38
Symantec Endpoint Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Appendix A Supplemental Information
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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NETGEAR XAVN2001 Specifications

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BrandNETGEAR
ModelXAVN2001
CategoryExtender
LanguageEnglish

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