Connecting with Wireless LAN Using the Wizard
Requirements
The MAC fi lter must be switched off for the initial confi guration. This is the default setting
on a FRITZ!Box.
Establishing a Connection to the Computer
Insert the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E in an outlet in the vicinity of your wireless access
point (for instance, a FRITZ!Box).
Start the wireless LAN software on your computer, select the wireless radio network of
your FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E and establish a connection.
Enter the network key. In the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E the network key is preset to
00000000 (eight zeros).
The computer establishes a connection to the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E. Once the
connection has been established, the "Power", "WLAN" and " " LEDs light up.
Insert the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater in an outlet located about halfway between your
wireless access point and the wireless devices to be added to the wireless network.
Starting the Confi guration Wizard
Open the web browser on your computer and enter
bar. The confi guration wizard appears.
The wizard guides you through confi guration of the wireless connection between the
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E and your wireless access point.
The FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E is connected with your home network by wireless LAN.
Check the settings and perform an update if necessary.
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http://fritz.repeater
in the address
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater in the Home Network
In the home network of a FRITZ!Box, it is especially easy and convenient for your FRITZ!
devices to work together.
On a FRITZ!Box with FRITZ!OS Version
6.90 or higher
During registration with FRITZ!Boxes
with FRITZ!OS 6.90 or higher, the
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E au-
tomatically adopts the FRITZ!Box's
wireless LAN settings.
When settings on the FRITZ!Box are
changed, the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater
1750E adopts these changes automa-
tically.
Updates for the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater
1750E can be performed directly in
the graphic display of the FRITZ!Box
user interface under "Home Network/
Home Network Overview".
The FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E
benefi ts from expanded Mesh WiFi
functionality. Note the instructions at
en.avm.de/mesh-networking
On a FRITZ!Box with FRITZ!OS up to
Version 6.6x
During registration with FRITZ!Boxes
with FRITZ!OS up to version 6.6x,
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E au-
tomatically adopts the FRITZ!Box's
wireless LAN settings.
Updates for the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater
1750E can be performed directly in
the FRITZ!Box user interface under
"Home Network/Home Network
Overview".
On a Wireless Access Point from Another
Manufacturer
For registration with a wireless ac-
cess point via WPS, the FRITZ!WLAN
Repeater 1750E adopts the SSID (ra-
dio network name) and network key of
the wireless access point.
Updates are performed directly in the
user interface of your FRITZ!WLAN
Repeater 1750E under "System /
Update".
The FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750E
user interface can be opened on
all connected devices using the IP
address it was assigned by your
wireless access point.
First check the user interface of your
wireless access point to fi nd out what
IP address the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater
1750E was assigned, and then enter
this IP address in the address line of a
web browser. See the documentation
for your wireless access point.
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