Wireless range extension question: Can this unit be set up to operate over a home wireless system (ie - go through my router) to extend the range?
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I don't believe this thing uses an IP network. It's more like a wireless phone. I'd be surprised if it wasn't just a DECT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Enhanced_Cordless_Telecommunications) device. The only way I could imagine getting this thing to integrate with a LAN would be to connect the Motorola A/V cable from your parent unit into a video capture card, and stream the result via your network. That's a *lot* more work than it'd be worth, IMO. You may want to just get yourself something like an x10 Airsight, or something. Like this: Genuine Foscam Fi8908w Wireless Ip Camera Network with Pan & Tilt,night Vision,2 Way Audio,black
1609595
this is NOT a range extender, this a WIFI Router it has to be connected directly to the modem with a LAN cable to work.
780781
You need to set it up as a repeater fpor your existing router, which is a feature of the unit that is not even mentioned on the box. Then put it midway to the point at which you want to extend the signal.
2047612
Yes that is right, you can just plugin in to an outlet but the extender needs to within range of the router to extend the signal ever further. You will need to install the cd to a wireless computer to activate the extender.
371321
Hello - I find using this device very sporadic .. meaning my wifi kicks out every single day.. if I am away from unit say 100 feet - I am NOT very happy at all with the performance - BUT I say this .. not knowing if it is in fact our main router - although I did have another much less expensive device that I used (Securifi Almond-Touchscreen Wireless Router extender) and that worked so well .. but it was not meant for the outdoors. I wish I had done a bit more investigating .. for the money spent .. I am not happy ..sorry ..
1465813
I hope you understand this is only an amplifier; it is not a router. If you presently have a functioning wifi network, it can extend the working range. Compatibility should not be an issue. I have no experience with Comcast devices.
1768268
You could connect this router as an Access Point to get wireless. Its range is reasonable but whether it can cover your whole house depends on many factors.
328061
No. It extends your wired network and has no effect on your wireless network. You could use it to connect another wireless access point to an area your wireless doesn't reach or to just create a wired connection anywhere else in the house.
1928500
Yes, but the extenders work off of your main router and not each other. You could not, for example, extend the range by putting multiple extenders in a series. We have put one in our basement and one on the second floor. Both pick up the signal of the main router and give us better coverage. You do, however, have to rename one of the SSIDs for one of the extenders. By default, the extender sends an SSID of MYWIFI_EXT. The second extender would have to be renamed. Instructions for this come with the extender.
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It is not a wireless system. Both units are plugged into the power sockets in your home (or office) and the signal is carried through the wires. There is a blocking filter for the wall current at each end, so all the computer sees is the digital signal. So the range is the length of the wires in your home. HTH
2128162
I would buy a router. The main purpose of this unit is to extend the wireless signal so you get greater coverage of your WiFi network.
974028
No this router will not do that. I don't know of any home routers that will unless that is a new feature from some new recent model. You can always put software on someone's computer get detailed results on where they have been.
385981
If I understand your question, you're asking whether you can add another wifi access point to your existing Poweline set up. If so, then yes--that's exactly what I did. In my original set up I put the wifi unit in my home office. Coverage in the master bedroom was poor so I bought another 2 unit kit and plugged the wifi unit from it into a receptacle in the bedroom. It installed exactly like the first one did. No problems at all. The only negative is that I have an unused unit (the one that connects to the router) sitting in a drawer. Oh well, guess it's a spare...
2060040
The extender would pair with one wireless router. It won't be able to boost signal from 2 wireless routers.
1739919
it is a wireless router, which should provide you with wifi for a reasonable distance,depending on the terrain and/or construction of your premises. for extended range there is a seperate product, called appropriately a wifi range extender
1600118
These won't do that by themselves. These devices extend std. ethernet over the power line wiring of most residences (e.g. say, from your ISP's router in a downstairs study to and upstairs bedroom, where you'd plug a laptop's ethernet interface into one of them with a patch cord). Sounds like you want something like one of Netgear's Universal Wi-Fi Range Extenders with Ethernet port (model WN3000RP).
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No. You'd need some way to do a coffee can repeater, probably a wireless range extender would work, plus an empty aluminum coffee can around each antenna pointed at each other ("laser pointer pointed thru a hole in 1 does wonders on this") to extend the signal range to get that sort of distance at the outside wall. A router could do it, but it's unnecessary. You'd be very unlikely to penetrate a wall then get 500' of range on a standard household router though.