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Question: Computer says I'm connected, excellent signal strength, but the browser doesn't connect to the Internet? Any help for this?
Document: a little confusing. the booklet that comes with the router says the default password is "admin". but my computer kept saying the password had to be at least 8 characters long. after further inspection, my boyfriend realized that the actual password is located on the router itself. duhhh!! the signal strength is great, we were able to connect our laptop, ps3 and 2 iPhones with no problems. (you can actually connect up to 10 devices). even Netflix ran smooth.
I didnt need to read the manual to set it up as extender.Extender works nice. And as a router it has nifty features that you would expect from most decent routers (port forwarding, dyndns, dmz mode..etc...)Now...Manual says ...connect your laptop (or whatever) to clearview router via wifi (in order to set it up, by going to 192.168.2.1 in your browser).
I know that people have said that the device does not work as a repeater, but it does...and it does it well! It took a little playing around with it to understand the device, but now that it is up and running, I have better WiFi in my home than I have ever had. On the past my tablet would drop connection on a regular basis, show low signal, and was less than reliable. Now that this repeater is connected, I have outstanding signal strength.
I got this for my upstairs. Our master is farthest away from the routers and neither gave us good signal strength. My iPad was unusable if laying in bed; big bummer. Got this and was really irked at first. Said there is no need for a WiFi password in the manual for WiFi connection. Well there is, and you have to be connected to the unit to get to the admin page to make changes. One of the reviewers on here mentioned they found the WiFi password on the router.
I am still going round and round with this router. For some reason the signal WILL NOT find my netgear router and sync with it. The manual that I have is written in broken english by some asian technician. How do I use this router as a WIFI extender? when I connect to this router there is no internet but only a strong signal. I have read through the manual trying to make sense of the broken english to no avail. I have tried numerous times of trial and error to no avail.
This is a great product for what it is selling on the market today. The only issue I was having was trying to figure out the instructions from the booklet. So I searched the internet and found this video on youtube, without this it was difficult trying to figure out how to set it up.http://youtu.be/t5AMhdrfaDM
This claims to be an access point. This claims to be able to connect to your existing wireless router. But if you are like 80% of the people out there who have password protected your router then it will not work. BTW:  Every new router these days will auto setup a password ro this will not work on any of the new routers. Totally bad design. I wonder what else they designed incorrectly.
I gave it 3 stars because it is not easy to set up.I had all the problems mentioned but I couldn't let this thing beat me :)My problem was my original router was set at WES and the new router (CrystalView) didn't have that as an option so,1) In your browser type 192.168.1.12)This will log you in to your existing router.
If that's the case, then I will reiterate my first point: this is not the device for the job. You will not be able to access file shares, network attached devices or printers if they are connected to the primary router and you use this as your secondary router.If you have 10 or less wireless devices and do not have an existing home network, this router will work. If you have an existing home network then forget about it.
I'm going to buy another one to put further into the house so the kids can stream movies from Netflix!! Right now they can stream movies as long as they stay in the room nearest to the CrystalView... FYI  Best of Luck! !
Answer: As soon as you plug the router in it will start sending out a signal that you can connect to you on your computer. But unless you configure the router to repeat an Internet wifi signal already there or plug a network cable into it from your modem it won't have any Internet to connect to. I would suggest watching the YouTube video by searching crystal view router on youtube. I found it very helpful in setting up my crystal view router as a wifi repeater. Good luck!