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Range Extender as a local router without internet
I'd love to use my range extender as a simple way to communicate between my mixer (Behringer XR18) and my MacBook air and ipad when I'm performing at venues. The Behringer mixer can create it's o...
The following is untested but I think it will work. You can enable Internet sharing on your Mac to turn it into the equivalent of a Wi-Fi router. Go to System Preferences->Sharing->Internet Sharing. Turn it on. Set Share your connection to anything except Wi-Fi. Set To computers using to Wi-Fi. You will be prompted to enter the settings to create a Wi-Fi network. You could use the same settings as your real router; this will make it trivial for your extender to connect to it.
Try connecting to this new network with your iPad. Then connect the Behringer to the extender and test your network.