How to Use an ASUS RP-AC55 WiFi Repeater

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

In This Guide

You'll Learn:

• About the benefits of utilizing a Range Extender in your home.
• How your Range Extender works.
• How to connect your devices to your Range Extender's wireless network.

Before We Begin:

• Have your Range Extender setup.
• Be in the same home as your Range Extender.
• Have the ASUS Extender app installed on your smartphone or tablet.

2. What Is A Range Extender?

A Wi-Fi Range Extender provides a way to extend your network further. It listens to your current Wi-Fi network signal, and relays it to further areas of your home. It provides a second network that relays your Wi-Fi to an area that didn't get good signal before.

A good way to think about it is like a 'repeater' or a 'bucket brigade'; taking the signal from the router, boosting it so another device can 'hear' it better, and extending it further away than your router can go by itself.

Visual Example

Without Range Extender

With Range Extender

Generally, using your range extender will be just like using the Wi-Fi provided by your regular router. But instead of connecting to your home network's Wi-Fi network, you'd connect to the extender's Wi-Fi network, which would be forwarded on for you.

The 'extra network' your Range Extender provides is usually a very similar name to your normal Wi-Fi network name, but with "_EXT" at the end.

3. App Status

The Asus Extender app can provide status of your Asus RP-AC55 directly on the first screen, once you open it.

Network Map

Internet Status

Internet status will show if your router is Connected or Disconnected from the Internet.

Router

Router will show if your router is responding, and if it supports the feature, the model of your router.

Extenders

Extenders shows how many extenders were found on your home network, so you can easily tell if one is offline, if you use multiple extenders.

Extender Information

Extender Model and IP

The first line shows model of your extender, as well as the internal IP address it's using on your home network.

SSID

Shows the Network Name your extender is broadcasting that Wi-Fi devices will use to connect.

Sign in to device

Allows you to re-setup or change the setup the extender.

4. How to Connect to Wi-Fi

Now that you know what the Network Name is for your Range Extender, use the following guides to help you connect your device to that Wi-Fi Network.

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