Set up TP Link WLAN Repeater - how it works

If you want to expand your own WiFi network, you can do this with a WiFi repeater from TP-Link. This practical tip shows you how to set up the device.

TP-Link: Setting up a WiFi repeater using WPS - how it works

1. Simply plug the TP-Link WiFi repeater into a socket that is close to your router.
2. Wait a moment for the repeater to set up. This is the case if the light indicator remains unchanged.
3. If available, press the WPS button on the router for about three seconds. Then press and hold the button on the repeater.
4. Now both devices communicate with each other by radio and exchange the access data for your WLAN network.
5. Once the process has been completed, the TP-Link WLAN repeater is set up. Your WiFi network is now expanded by the repeater.
6. Now plug the repeater into a suitable place in a socket. At this point, the WLAN signal should still be reasonably strong so that the repeater can amplify it in an appropriate quality.

TP-Link: Set up the WiFi repeater manually - how it works

1. Plug the WiFi repeater into a socket that is close to your router.
2. Now establish a connection between repeater and computer either via WLAN or LAN cable.
3. Now visit the website tplinkrepeater.net or the IP address 192.168.0.254.
4. If you have to log in here, select "admin" as the user name and password.
5. You will now be guided step by step through the manual setup of the WiFi repeater.
6. Tip: In the "SSID" field, you can either expand your WLAN under the same name or open a second independent WLAN network with a new WLAN name. For most users, the simple extension under the same WLAN name is worthwhile.

Tip: Extend the WiFi repeater with dLAN

• The WLAN repeater generally receives the Internet signal at a distance of several meters from the router and amplifies it from there. This creates a larger WLAN range.
• Here, however, you always have to compromise between range and signal quality. If the repeater is very close to the router, the signal quality is good, but the range is only slightly increased. If you achieve a greater range through more distance, the quality and thus the speed at the end of the range decrease.
• The problem can be solved using dLAN. This allows you to transmit your Internet signal in full quality to the other end of the house via the home electricity network and output it there via WLAN. This works, for example, with the following dLAN repeater set from TP-Link.

In the next practical tip we will show you how to carry out a firmware update for the TP-Link router.