Mesh Extender 1610 can be used as an add-on to Wi-Fi Mesh Home Kit 1610/1600 and brings up to 100m² additional coverage of a super-fast and seamless roaming Wi-Fi network at a speed up to 1600 Mbit/s.
You can connect up to 6 Mesh Extender 1610 together to cover up to 800 m² in multiple floors with a Wi-Fi that simply works!
Embedded Mesh technology combined with the powerful 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard brings ultimate speed, coverage and connectivity to your home network.
Mesh Extender 1610 can alternatively be used as an outstanding stand-alone device in two different ways:
As an 802.11ac dual band Access Point with a speed up to 1600 Mbit/s to immediately improve the Wi-Fi of your existing single band modem without changing the modem.
Or as a universal dual band Repeater to in minutes double the coverage of your existing 802.11ac modem or router at a speed of 1600 Mbit/s.
Two Gigabit Ethernet ports are available to connect any of your network compatible devices to the Internet such as Smart TV, desktop, game console, media player, Android TV, Apple TV®,…
Add-on unit for Wi-Fi Mesh Home Kit 1600 Mesh embedded Multiple access point architecture up to 6x Mesh Extender 1600 One Wi-Fi name Intelligent roaming Ethernet backhaul Automatic software update Smart LED system for optimal placement Easy set-up Access Point or Repeater stand-alone configuration
Auto Firmware Upgrade, Web User Interface, Time Settings, Configuration Backup/Restore, Firmware Upgrade, System Log
Internet Protocol
IPv4
OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
Certification
CE
Package Contents
1x Mesh Extender 1610 1x Power Supply Unit (12 V/1 A DC) 1x CAT5E Ethernet Cable Installation Instructions, Warranty Card
System Requirements
For wireless use: Devices compatible with 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz For wired use: Devices with Ethernet port For web UI access and setup: Any Internet browser
Dimensions (WxDxH)
41.5x108.5x100 mm
Weight
185 g
EAN
9120072371523
In consequence of continuous research and development technical specifications, design, picture and appearance of products may change without notice. STRONG shall not be responsible in any manner relating to the logos, brands and/or trademarks displayed herein which are not registered by STRONG. All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Wi-Fi, WPA2, WPA are registered trademarks of Wi-Fi Alliance®.
Data throughput, distance, signal range, and coverage area per m² are used only for reference and based on performance test results under normal use case conditions. Actual performances are not guaranteed and may vary due to differences in operating environments, distance and positioning of the products, mix of products used, building materials, wireless and electrical interferences and other adverse conditions.
If you
haven’t changed any settings after the installation, the Wi-Fi network name and
password of your Mesh network is same as of the Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit that is
connected to your router/modem by an Ethernet cable and printed on the product
label on the bottom of the product. Alternatively, you can find the Wi-Fi
network name and password of your Mesh network in the Quick Installation Guide
of your original Mesh Home Kit 1610.
All of the
Mesh Home Kit 1610 units are identical. There is no master and slave
configuration and you can connect any of them to your modem/router and any of
them to your devices with an Ethernet port.
Do not place the second unit too far away or too close (minimum 3 meters). Make sure that there are maximum two walls or one floor between the Mesh Home Kit 1610 units.
Take advantage of openings that can provide an unobstructed path between units (corridors, stair cases, doors, atriums, kitchen pass through windows, etc.).
If the Mesh Home Kit 1610 units have one or more walls in between, then align them vertically and horizontally as much as possible.
Position the Mesh Home Kit 1610 units so that the 5 GHz LED is solid green 3 minutes after being turned on. If the 5 GHz LED is red (solid or blinking), then the unit must to be positioned closer to another unit that has a solid green 5 GHz LED.
Mesh Home
Kit 1610 unit scans the air to determine the best available Wi-Fi channel (to
avoid interference) to use in a Mesh network after it is powered on. Also, Mesh
Home Kit 1610 uses 5 GHz Wi-Fi band and it is compatible to IEEE 802.11ac with
an advantage of using UNII-2 (Ch.52-64) and UNII-2-Extended (Ch.100-112) bands
(known as DFS channels) in priority. According to the radio communication
regulations, Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on runs a radar scan before it gets started
to service on DFS channels. These operations take approximately 3 minutes
before the Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on starts to service and to be fully
operational.
Pairing
attempt failed. Make sure the additional unit is near a unit with a green 5 GHz
LED and try the Connect & Secure button again. It is safest to set up
pairing when the additional Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on unit is in the same room
as an existing operational Mesh unit. After a successful pairing, you can move
the additional Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on unit to another area.
The 5 GHz
Wi-Fi connection speed between your Mesh Home Kit 1610 units is not at its
best. Please move your Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on unit closer to one of the
other Mesh Home Kit 1610 units.
Please use
a laptop or a PC and connect it to any of your Mesh Home Kit 1610 units with an
Ethernet cable, login to the web management interface (http://extender1610.local)
and check the “Wireless Password” in the “WIRELESS > Wireless Settings”
menu.
You can
change all the settings by the web management interface embedded in the
product. The URL of the web management interface is http://extender1610.local.
Alternatively, you can also use our “STRONG Mesh” application available for
free on Google Play Store and Apple App Store using a smartphone or a tablet
There is no
default password, please leave the password box empty and click on OK. It is
highly recommended to set a password after your first login by clicking on
MANAGEMENT > Password Settings.
Please
connect your PC/laptop to Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on with an Ethernet cable and
type the IP address* of Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on to the address bar of your
web browser to access the web management interface of your Mesh Home Kit 1610
Add-on.
*After the
installation, Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on obtains its IP address from your
router. Please login to the management interface of your router and check the
IP address that is assigned to your Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on.
Yes, you can access the web management interfaces of your devices individually by;
1st Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit in the network: http://extender1610.local
2nd Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit in the network: http://extender1610-2.local
3rd Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit in the network: http://extender1610-3.local
4th Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit in the network: http://extender1610-4.local
No. Please
use http://extender1610.local to change the Wi-Fi network settings, the new
settings will automatically be copied to all Mesh Home Kit 1610 units in the
Mesh network.
Please do a
factory reset on all of your Mesh Home Kit 1610 units. Connect your computer to
the Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit that is connected to your modem/router with the
Ethernet cable. Open the web management interface (http://extender1610.local)
with a browser and change the settings. Please ensure that the new settings are
operational by checking the available Wi-Fi networks list on your computer.
Now, continue the installation of your Mesh network by using the Mesh quick
installation guide.
Please check the Internet access of your router/modem. Typically, a home router/modem will have an indicator that shows the status of the Internet line, or please connect a computer to one of the Ethernet ports of your router/modem and check if there is Internet access available. If you don’t have access to the Internet, please contact your Internet Service Provider.
Please ensure that the Power LEDs of all the Mesh Home Kit 1610 units of your Mesh network are white solid. If the Power LED of the Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit which is connected to your router/modem is blinking white, please wait until it stops blinking and the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz LEDs become solid green.
Check the Ethernet cable from the Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit connected to your router/modem. Reinsert the cable at both ends. The associated LAN port LED on your router/modem should show a live link.
Please restart the MESH network:
Power off ALL Mesh Home Kit 1610 units
Power on ALL Mesh Home Kit 1610 units and wait 3 minutes
Confirm that ALL 5 GHz and 2 GHz LEDs on ALL units are green. If any unit does not have green LEDs, then carefully review the installation procedure and follow the instructions.
Please use different Wi-Fi devices connected to the Mesh Home Kit 1610 network and try to access to the Internet. If you have Internet access with any of your Wi-Fi devices, the configuration of your Mesh network is done properly, please check the settings of your Wi-Fi devices that cannot access to Internet or restart your devices that cannot access to the internet.
Mesh Home
Kit 1610 Add-on is a dual band 2.4 GHz (300 Mbit/s) and 5 GHz (1300 Mbit/s)
concurrent device.
Mesh Home
Kit 1610 Add-on uses the 5 GHz Wi-Fi band and it is compatible to IEEE 802.11ac
with an advantage of using UNII-2 (Ch.52-64) and UNII-2-Extended (Ch.100-112)
bands (known as DFS channels) in priority.
Please
login to the web management interface (http://extender1610.local) and open the
“WIRELESS > Wireless Settings” menu. Click on the “Enabled” checkbox of the
additional Wi-Fi network that you want to activate on the “WLAN 1 (2.4 GHz)” or
“WLAN 2 (5 GHz)” tabs, select the “Security” type, define an enter the
“Wireless Password” for this network and click on “Save”.
Please also
ensure that the MAC addresses (Ethernet MAC Address, Wireless MAC Address 1 and
Wireless MAC Address 2) of Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on are allowed at the MAC
address filtering settings of your router. The MAC addresses (Ethernet MAC
Address, Wireless MAC Address 1 and Wireless MAC Address 2) of Mesh Home Kit 1610
Add-on can be found at the REPORT section on its web management interface
(http://extender1610.local). If you have multiple Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on
units in a Mesh configuration, please login to the web management interfaces of
your devices individually and check the MAC addresses.
Please
change the Wi-Fi channel that is being used by the Mesh Home Kit 1610. Please
login to the web management interface by typing the URL to the address bar of
your browser (http://extender1610.local) and change the “Channel” in the
“WIRELESS > Wireless Settings” menu to any of the channels 36, 40, 44 or 48.
Ch.100-112
(UNII-2-Extended) can be used by the aviation, military etc. radars. If the
Mesh Home Kit 1610 Add-on detects any radar signal between Ch.100-112, all Mesh
Home Kit 1610 units in a Mesh
configuration switches to Ch.36-48 band, which is free from the radars. This
operation is mandatory by the regulation law in the EU.
Please
ensure that the protective plastic cover is removed from the product and the
product is not located in an enclosure or near a heat source or under direct
sunlight.
Please keep
the Reset button gently pressed (for instance by using a paperclip) at the back
panel of your Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit until the LEDs get flashing.
Alternatively,
Please press the Connect & Secure button for more than 15 seconds.
Please
connect to the web management interface of your Mesh Home Kit 1610 unit, click
on ADVENCED SETTINGS > IP Settings, select “Static”, type the IP address you
want to set and click on “Save”.