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Moved house - mental block reconnecting !
We have just moved house and I have had a complete mental block in reconnecting!!! I have 2x access point xwn5001 & 1x xav5201. I have connected xav5201 to my wifi router via an ethernet cable. ...
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Michael
Thank you so much for your reply.
In terms of operationality, NETGEAR_EXT generally WIFI operates albeit slowly.
I actually already have both documents but as a technophobe am unfortunately still very confused.
1) guess my first question would be as to whether I am correct to plug xav5201 to my wifi router via an ethernet cable ? Or should I instead use xwn5001 for this purpose ?
2) on the ethernet xav5201 the lights showing are:
Power led - green
Powerline led - green
Wireless led - green
Subject to xav5201 being correctly connected by ethernet, do these lights suggest correctly operating ?
3) Both original xwn501s are plugged around the house without ethernet cables. Is this correct ? (I am confused why these also have sockets for applying an ethernet cable ?)
4) The lights on both xwn501s show:
Power led - green
Powerline led - green
Wireless led - blue
5) Would there be any value in plugging in around the house the 2 additional xav5201 adapters recently given to me ? Ie would this potentially improve my signal further ?
Thank you so much for your reply.
In terms of operationality, NETGEAR_EXT generally WIFI operates albeit slowly.
I actually already have both documents but as a technophobe am unfortunately still very confused.
1) guess my first question would be as to whether I am correct to plug xav5201 to my wifi router via an ethernet cable ? Or should I instead use xwn5001 for this purpose ?
2) on the ethernet xav5201 the lights showing are:
Power led - green
Powerline led - green
Wireless led - green
Subject to xav5201 being correctly connected by ethernet, do these lights suggest correctly operating ?
3) Both original xwn501s are plugged around the house without ethernet cables. Is this correct ? (I am confused why these also have sockets for applying an ethernet cable ?)
4) The lights on both xwn501s show:
Power led - green
Powerline led - green
Wireless led - blue
5) Would there be any value in plugging in around the house the 2 additional xav5201 adapters recently given to me ? Ie would this potentially improve my signal further ?
The sockets for applying an ethernet cable
borischelski wrote:
1) guess my first question would be as to whether I am correct to plug xav5201 to my wifi router via an ethernet cable ? Or should I instead use xwn5001 for this purpose ?
You have it right. The wifi plug (xwn5001) is the remote one.
Your lights look right.
3) Both original xwn501s are plugged around the house without ethernet cables. Is this correct ? (I am confused why these also have sockets for applying an ethernet cable ?)
Again you have it right the "sockets for applying an ethernet cable" are there to connect things back to the router.
Do you have smart TV? Don't even think about using wifi to connect it to the internet. Too messy and flaky, Plug it into the LAN port on one of those remote plugs.
I actually already have both documents but as a technophobe am unfortunately still very confused.
Unfortunately, there are times when we have to exercise the grey matter and try to work out what is going on.
- Michael
Thanks for your feedback
One last question if I may ?
5) Would there be any value in plugging in around the house the 2 additional xav5201 adapters recently given to me ? Ie would this potentially improve my signal further ?
borischelski wrote:
Michael
Thanks for your feedback
One last question if I may ?
5) Would there be any value in plugging in around the house the 2 additional xav5201 adapters recently given to me ? Ie would this potentially improve my signal further ?Who knows?You'll have to try it and see.
I have already explained how to find out how add new plugs to an existing network.
- Sorry i wasnt sure if there may be an effective limit on the number of 5201s one could add before their overall efficiency ie diluting original signal too much.
Thank you so much for your advice and patience.
Cheers
Paul