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Netgear Powerline 1200 connected to Netgear Wifi Extender Ac1200
Hi, I live in a 3 storey house. My modem (which includes an integrated router) is located the first floor. The internet speed is 60mbps. On the third floor, I was getting a very low signal, makin...
Kobayashiiii wrote:In other words, I'm wondering whether I can use the Netgear Wifi Extender AC1200 as an access point that is wired to my powerline network connection.
You can certainly put a wifi extender on a powerline network. Netgear even sells systems that do just that, in the shape of a powerline plug that is also a wifi repeater.
This one, for example:
XWNB5201 | Powerline | Networking | Home | NETGEAR
As with other hardware, AC1200 seems to be more of a range/standard than a model. So whether this will work for you probably depends on the exact kit you have. You need wifi repeater that can eat a LAN input as well as wifi.
There's a technical term for that, but you'll have to wait for a real technical expert to step in and tell you what to look for.
If your current extender can deliver wifi when it is plugged into your modem's LAN, rather than picking up on its wifi, then that should work over a powerline.
PS Perhaps Access Point Mode is what you need to look for on the repeater.