Can a wireless router be connected to these to extend wifi?
1861973
Yes. There is a model that includes a wifi hot spot on one of the two powerline units. The one with hot spot becomes the extended, the one without the hot spot is connected to the router with the ethernet cable.
1861974
Yes. I have used them to extend my wifi by placing a wireless access point and/or a wireless router at the remote end. Be aware, that these may sometimes have some issues and may need to be rebooted like other devices on the network.
1861975
The wireless router is your main/basic unit; this Powerline device works only to extend the Wi-Fi capacity of the router. The point of this model is to provide an Ethernet (wired) connection to a remote device, such as an Xbox or Roku 3. The package includes 2 Ethernet cables. Such a connection reportedly/generally/usually provides a stronger signal than a Wi-Fi one. With this unit, the connection is actually established through your home/office/whatever power lines; hence the name of this Netgear line.
1861976
To create my wifi, I have:Modem -> wireless router -> Powerline.If I remember correctly, I had trouble running the router from the Powerline and creating a wifi signal.In my back office (extended by the Powerline), I have a wireless router plugged into the Powerline. The router is successfully splitting the signal into two ethernet cables, but I don't have wireless here. This could be because the router hasn't been logged into the wireless. I apologize, but my it's over my networking skills.
1861977
Didn't work for me on the plain model, and I suspect it is not unless you have the newer model with the wifi hotspot.
1861978
Yes. I have a setup that works like this. You just need two routers to do it. My cable modem has 4 wired ports and wifi. One wired port goes to the powerline unit. On the other end the powerline unit is wired to one of the 4 wired ports (not the internet port) of a second wireless router. I also have a roku plugged in to one of the other 4 ports. I assign a static IP to the netgear router that is on the same network as the cable modem. That gets me extended range wifi and a wired connection for the roku. Sweet!
2009098
Yes. You can use multiple extenders in the same house. Each must be able to connect to the primary router.
1836655
No, you do not need to physically connect to the router. It must be placed within the wireless router's range, and then extends it further.
2078169
Well if your router supports 802.11g or 802.11n then it will work with this Wi-Fi extender.
919341
I have used it as an extender. I am not sure that you can hook it up to get wifi
693546
Correct. In combination with ASUS RT-AC66U (and other Asus routers I would suppose), the setup can be done wirelessly, too.
1036489
Yes, but also compare with Amped repeaters/range extenders. I use Amped, it has 4 LAN ports and and WiFi.
360393
I would look into getting a power over Ethernet setup, these wireless range extenders don't work very well
1382302
Yes. I ultimately bought a router with the correct connector because I needed to extend the range of my wireless network, but before I purchased a different router, I connected the signal amplifier to my PCI wifi adapter on my desktop and saw a significant increase in the number of available networks as well as a major boost in the signal from my own network.
1453717
The Engenius EAP9550 is an access point or repeater device that allows the user to extend the range of the WiFi signal from the main router. So the answer is yes if you are using any wireless router (in router mode only) to extend the range of your WiFi signal from the main router.Also the device used to extend the WiFi signal must be physically attached to the main router.
1624846
I believe you can if the router supports certain features that allow this to work without too much trouble. Don't remember what they're called at the moment. However, I'd highly suggest you just disable the WiFi in your router. The signal produced by these is excellent and they do support hosting the same WiFi name and it works great.
1838054
Yes, I connected one adapter to my main wireless router downstairs. I then connected another adapter to another router upstairs to a secondary wireless router upstairs. I had good results with expanding my wireless coverage in my house.
2224866
You can hook up several of these without an issue, as they are simply repeating the carrier signal, and not causing an interference pattern. Please remember though, that wireless signals travel out and DOWN (not so well up) So I would recommend putting your source router as high up in your house as possible, and set up the repeaters on the lower levels as necessary. If you have a smart phone, download the app WiFi Analyzer so you can actually walk through your home and see your signal strength, and identify problem areas. It will also allow you to see your neighbor's networks, and determine if any of them are trying to use the same signal channel as you.
425583
yes they have to be connected. if the wires arent long enough they sell extensions.
2182947
Yes I have a wireless n router and works with that too. They're completely backwards compatible
1321438
Sorry but no it can not. This unit, as all of our extenders, will only connect to the network via a wireless signal. If you need to connect to the network via a LAN port than you need an access point like the AP300 or AP20000G.
1002945
No. The device you are referring to is called a "wireless bridge" (wifi repeater). This device is a wireless router that makes a wired connection accessible to wireless devices.