www.dlinkap.local : How to update the firmware of your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender?

Updating the firmware of your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender is a vital method of enhancing the maintenance level of your device. Before proceeding to perform the Firmware Update on your Dlink Wi-Fi extender, make sure that your router is having an Internet connection. With the updated firmware the additional features get added to your extender that update the network protocols, security mechanisms, and administrative settings and directly escalates the performance of your extender.

Steps to update the firmware of your Dlink Wi-Fi extender are 

1.  Launch a browser on your connected computer to the available network.
2. Now go to the address bar of your browser and type www.dlinkap.local as the URL of the browser. You also can type the LAN IP address to get to the default Dlink Extender login window.
3. Mention the username in the field provided to it. Type “admin” as the default username and enter the login password in the Password field. If after the Dlink Extender Setup process, a user didn’t change the login password you need to leave the password field blank. 
4. After mentioning the credentials, click on the login button 
5. Bring your cursor to the Management tab located at the right-hand window of your screen. Then click on the Upgrade tab from the drop-down list.
6. If you want to do the Automatic Update function then go to the Firmware tab and start checking for the new firmware from the “Check for New Firmware” tab. As soon as you click on it, the device starts checking for the firmware version of your Dlink Extender.
7. The details of the firmware will get displayed on your screen if the new firmware version is found for your device. 
8. Click on the Upgrade Firmware tab to initialize the update process.
9. In case, you want to manually update the firmware of your Dlink Extender you need to visit the support website of Dlink to download the new firmware for your device. 
10. Click on the Upgrade Manually tab, then go to the Select File tab and click on it. Now, locate the file of your new firmware you have downloaded and select it.
11. As soon as you select it, click on the Open tab. Check the file name that will be displayed right next to the Select File button.
12. Click on the Upload tab to start the update process. It will take around a few minutes to update the new firmware for your Dlink Extender.
13. Once your Dlink Extender update process has been completed, your device gets automatically restart. You need to visit again to the Dlink Extender login window using the correct login credentials.

Note: Users are advised to read the new firmware release notes so that they come to know about the configuration settings that are going to be removed after the update process. For safety purposes, users can create a backup of those settings that are going to be erased during the update process so that after the process they can restore them through the web interface of dlinkap.local window.

www.dlinkap.local : How to change the Wireless Network Name and Wi-Fi password for your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi Extender?

The Network Name and the Wi-Fi password of your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi extender are the credentials that a user requires to get connected to the network. The login credentials of the Wireless Network are assigned by the user during the Dlink Extender Setup process. During the setup process, a user has to utilize the default login credentials to get connected to the Dlink Extender.

Steps to change the Wireless Network Name and the Wi-Fi password for your Dlink AC2600 Wi-Fi Extender

1. Visit your browser and type www.dlinkap.local on the address bar of your browser. You also can type the LAN IP address of your extender to get to the default Dlink Extender login window.
2. Now, enter your login credentials in the respective fields provided. Type “admin” as the default username and if you haven’t changed the password after the Dlink Extender Setup process then keep the password field blank. Blank password field act as a default password in the Dlink Extender login window.
3. Click on the login button and you will be redirected to the dlinkap.local default window.
4. Go to the Setting tab then click on the Extender option.
5. Change the Wi-Fi Network Name through the SSID option and the password through a Wi-Fi password option.
6. When you are done configuring the above settings, click on the Save button.

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