How to set up the Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender in your home through the WPS connection?

Before performing the Dlink Extender setup process, a user must choose a good spot to place his dlinkap.local extender device so that he could receive a good amount of Wi-Fi signals from the router and transmit it to the computer. Through which electric outlet, a user is going to connect his Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender must be receiving enough power to allow the user to operate his extender.

Steps to setup the Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender in your home

1. Connect the Dlink Extender to an available electric outlet near your Wireless router.
2. Wait for the power LED located on the front panel of your router to turn amber. Until it flashes amber don’t operate anything else in your extender.
3.  If you want to connect your Dlink Extender to your router with the WPS connection, then first make sure that there is a WPS button on the back panel of your extender.
4. Turn on the WPS button of your router, and then go to your extender where it is connected and press the WPS button located on the front panel of your extender. The only condition is that you need to press it within the 120 seconds
5. Now, wait for the LED light of your Dlink AC 2600 Wi-Fi extender to turn solid green.
6. You can now move your extender to the location between your router and the computer. You can also find a place where you want to get optimum wireless coverage.
7.  To check the Signal strength of your extender, you can use the Smart Signal Indicator.
8. Adjust your extender by moving your Dlink Extender close to the router that will enhance the signal strength. If your extender is not getting connected to the router due to weak signals, move your device closer to getting connected to the router.

How to connect your mobile device or computer to the Dlink Extender?

Connecting your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender is one of the significant attributes of performing the Dlink Extender Setup process. The user can either utilize his mobile device or his computer to perform this method. The computer is considered to be more convenient than the mobile device process to change the device settings through the dlinkap.local window

1. Go to your mobile device and launch the home screen, select the Wi-Fi tab, and click on it. If you are using your PC then go to the desktop and click on the Wi-Fi list
2. Click on the default network name of your extender, you can check it on the label of your Dlink Wi-Fi extender if you don’t know it. 
3. Your default Wi-Fi password of your extender is the same as the Dlink Router.
4. Once you are connected to the Wi-Fi network, type www.dlinkap.local on the web address bar of the browser and hit the enter button. You also can type the LAN IP address of your Dlink Extender as the URL of the browser.
5. Hit the enter tab and the setup wizard of the dlinkap.local appears on the screen. The setup wizard will take you to the remaining configuration process then click on the Next tab.
6. Now manually select the network that you want to extend then you can click on the Wi-Fi.
7. Go to the Wi-Fi list and locate the name of the network that you want to extend.
8. Type down the Wi-Fi password of the network that you want to extend. You need to assign the Network name for the extended Wi-Fi network.
9. You should also assign a Wi-Fi password to the Extended Network.
10. Now set a login password for the Dlink Extender login window that will allow the user to bring changes in the Device settings and security mechanism of the device. The login password should be different from the router password as they both are used to access different settings of a Dlink Extender.
11. Click on the Save button and the extender will start saving your changes. The moment you click on the Save button, your device will automatically restart.