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Additional plugs for PLW1000
Can anyone tell me the procedure for adding an additional extender unit (the one with the two aerials) to the network? Do I have to ‘pair’ it somehow ?
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> Can anyone tell me the procedure for adding an additional extender
> unit (the one with the two aerials) to the network?
Have you looked at the documentation for these things? Visit
http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for
Documentation. Get the User Manual and/or the Installation Guide.
Read. I see "Add Adapters" in the Installation Guide, and "Add an
Adapter to an Existing PowerLINE Network" in the User Manual, for
example.Do not confuse Powerline Access Points with Wifi extenders that look like the same thing.
In reality, those Extenders do not connect to Powerline Ethernet.
One clue is how you buy them. Netgear, like most Powerline makers, does not sell single plugs, including Powerline Access Points.
If you want to add genuine Powerline plugs to an existing network, this is how to do it:
>>> Adding a powerline adapter to an existing powerline network <<<
Thanks for coming back to me - you are right, I had to buy another complete set with 2 units just in order to get the non-ethernet wired unit to place in another room.
Do I still follow the 'push the Security Buttons within 2 minutes' routine to add this unit to my wifi?
Nick
Yes, but a word of warning, I have seen reports here of people having problems putting two Powerline wifi access points on the same network.
I have never seen anything to suggest that you can't put two APs together, but one recent user ended up running two separate networks, with two plugs talking to the router.
By the way, your question really belongs in the Powerline bit of the forum rather than the "General WiFi Routers" section.
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