HW2R1 Dual-radio Smart Repeater and Amped SR300, Amped SR150 are universal wireless smart repeaters works with all wireless routers
Why wireless smart repeaters? If you experience the shortage of wireless network coverage from your existing wireless routers or wireless access point not to reach the farthest corner of your large building, you can consider installing the wireless repeaters. There are many types of wireless smart repeaters available in the market you can consider including the HW2R1 dual radio smart repeater, Amped SR300 and SR150.
Installation and setting up the wireless smart repeater is very simple and easy, as general you just need to scan the available network you need to repeat, select the network and then go. But some types of wireless repeaters might have slight differences the way of installation and configuration.
The following figure shows a networking diagram of the HW2R1 dual radio smart repeater that can also apply to Amped SR300 or SR150 smart repeaters. Place the smart repeater in the location where you still receive a good signal from the existing wireless router or access point. Do not place the repeater outside the router’s coverage area.
HW2R1 Dual-radio Smart Repeater
The Hawking HW2R1 dual radio is one of the smart repeater devices that receive the signal from any types of wireless b/g/n network and then rebroadcast it locally within your large house or your small office. It’s ideal solution for extending the wireless signal to the marine docks, RV parks, adjacent offices and homes with Wi-Fi networks or any other source for wireless internet connection.
The HW2R1 is designed with dual radios which dedicate one radio signal for receiving the signal and the other radio is used for rebroadcasting the signals. The receiving signal is amplified by the 13dBi directional antenna to boost the strength of the received signal. Unlike the traditional wireless repeater, the HW2R1 can receive the signal from the further distance before it is amplified. And then the other Wi-Fi radio is used to rebroadcasting the signal with it’s 3dBi Omni-directional antennas as opposed to regular repeaters with 2dBi gain.
The other beauty of this HW2R1 smart repeater is that it supports the security and functionality of a wireless router and the firewall. It means that you can create another wireless security network within your existing wireless network.
The HW2R1 smart repeater includes four fast Ethernet LAN ports for wired connections to your desktop computers with UTP network cable. And it also includes one fast Ethernet WAN port to let you connect to the broadband modem either cable or DSL like normally other wireless N routers. The HW2R1 wireless can also works as the wireless bridge mode to allow you extend the wireless network. See also the concept of the network bridging and the WDS (wireless distribution system).
Installation is very easy in just 3 steps – scan, connect, and go.
Step 1: Power on the HW2R1 wireless repeater to power on your smart repeater, and then you can start finding the optimal location where the Smart Repeater can get the best signal from a wireless source and then redistribute it locally.
Step2: Perform the initial setting-up of the repeater by connecting to the smart repeater using an Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi. And then you can open the web based Setup Wizard to perform the configuration.
Step 3: Scan for the nearby wireless networks and connect to your desired network.
HW2R1 Dual-radio Smart Repeater is one of wireless repeaters that have complete high performance features including the DHCP Server, Firewall, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Port Forwarding, Quality of Service, Virtual Servers / Port Forwarding, Network Address Translation, Access Control (Mac Address and IP Filtering), DoS, and remote management.
SR300 High Power Wireless-300N Smart Repeater
You ca also consider the Amped SR300 wireless smart repeater or the lower speed version Amped SR150. With these types of Amped wireless smart repeaters, you can add wired connection for your home theater devices including the Blu-Ray players, XBOX consoles, HDTV with Ethernet ready or any other computers up to five devices.
The Amped SR300 and SR150 are universal smart repeaters that can work with most wireless routers and wireless access points you need to extend the range. Like the Hawking HW2R1, the Amped smart repeaters are easy to install with 3 steps: scan the network, select the network to extend and connect as follows.
- Connect your computer to the Smart Repeater
- Access the wizard at www.setup.ampedwireles.com and scan for an available wireless network to repeat
- Select the network to repeat
Both Amped smart repeaters are powered by the latest wireless N technology. Amped SR300 delivers the high speed up to 300Mbps and the SR150 speeds up to 150Mbps.
Choose one of the smart repeater devices that meet your needs including the HW2R1, Amped SR300 or SR150 smart repeaters.
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I purchased the HW2R1 and setup was a breeze. The problem is I have no Internet connection and get a DNS isn’t responding error message. The HW2R1 recognizes the base wireless router and is getting a good signal. If I close this connection on my client laptop and connect wirelessly to the base wireless router I’m back on the net. Perhaps the HW2R1 is defective, but if not I’d hate to return it if there is a solution to my problem.
Hi Ralph,
You configure the device as the repeater, not the router.. right? assume the device is still in the default setting, when the client connect to the repeater and got the dns error message, please check your ip address, from the command line type “ipconfig /all” and see if the computer receive the ip address from the dhcp service…if not, check your hw2r1 and see if the dhcp server is enabled.
the client should receive the ip address from the dhcp server if your computer tcp/ip is configured to “obtain the ip address automatically”. try to renew the ip address by typing the “ipconfig /renew” from the command line…and see if you can connect to the internet …
Hello, I read the article after a long research on net…. Could u help me? I have a HW2R1 and a E4200. i bought HW2R1 as a repeater because i have some distance problems with E4200.
My house is made of concrete and E4200 have a poor signal strengh.
Anyway, here what im doing:
I put E4200 (192.168.1.1) as main router, he is locate in one room that recive internet acess. In this room i have one wired computer(COMP1) and one wireless computer (COMP2). They are ok (both recive automatic IP and surf at internet as well).
The fact is that i want to have the same SSID(gusmao) on all house. I want to walk with my laptop thru the house without loose conection or insted change to another SSID.
So i wired connect COMP1 on it and configure the HW2R1 as router mode, there is an option when u first log on HW2R1 that leave u do that. Start with (192.168.5.200 router first connection)
Inside the HW2R1 setup, on first page, i choose the wireless network that im using (gusmao) and after chek an option to router mode.
After that, on second screen, the HW2R1 ask for manually configure (Manual Setup) my IP
settings. So i do this:
IP 192.168.1.2
Sub 255.255.255.0 (when i put the ip, this is filled automatic)
Gateway 192.168.1.1
after that, i choose the WPAK-personal and put my paraphrase code.
Next step…. i go to check settings on router and choose the same SSID and Chanel of main router (E4200).
I hook the first computer (COMP1) on HW2R1 1-4 LAN port and it get ip and surf on web ok.
Here is my problem, i set up HW2R1 on the other side of house, and i have a Strong sinal of SSID gusmao, but when i connect my laptop, i dont recive IP, and i cant surf on net.
If i turn off HW2R1, ai can surf on net ok, but the signa lis very poor because i grab E4200 signal.
Tks for help…
Hi Andre,
I understand the main idea is to “repeat” the signal of the same SSID all around the home. But if you read the feature of the HW2R1 this device to repeat the existing internet and broadcast with different ssid – it creates a different wireless network – this is the router which catches the “WISP” (the wireless ISP). You can repeat the Internet from the main router e4200 but with the same Gusmao they will be overlapped.
Actually what you need is the “range extender / repeater” which repeats the existing ssid for longer distance coverage such as HWREN1 – the range extender.
About the problem with no IP address, you configure the HW2R1 with the ip address 192.168.1.2 …I wonder if this ip address is allocated for the dhcp range ip address of the e4200. Make sure that your dhcp range in the e4200 is configure to exclude the 192.168.1.2. You should also assure the dhcp of the HW2R1 not to overlap with the E4200 dhcp range.
Hi Rob,
Tks for your reply, the HW2r1 works fine with a different SSID, and u got the idea.
The ip address (192.168.1.2) is not on range of the E4200. I forgot to say that!
The E4200 range ip is set to 100~149.
As matter of fact, i mande some tests here, and i could repeat the signal of my SSID (gusmao) on COMP1, but its wired.
The problem is when i go wireless. I cant connect anyway.
I saw the manual of HWREN1 and, in my oppinion, the difference between both products, is the fact that HW2R1 could get the manager SSID wireless, and the HWREN1 wired (Rj45) or i’m wrong???
In my opinion, the HW2R1 is like a normal wireless router. it has a WAN port right? And it can connect the source of wireless signal with certain SSID from the wireless router / AP / Wireless ISP and distribute it with different SSID. It works similar like Mobile wireless router, you connect one USB modem (with 3g account) and share the internet with many computers within the network coverage.
HWREN1 on the other hand, repeat the wireless network for extending the coverage. During configuration you connect the HWREN1 to the router to get the ip address, and then you provide the name and scan and select the SSID which you would like it to extend.