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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, making it very difficult to browse on the internet, As such, I decided to buy the Netgear WFi Extender AC1200 and I placed it on the third floor. Both my Mac and my PS4 are located on the third floor and are now wired directly into the Netgear WiFi Extender AC1200. I can now can speeds up to 25mbps on the third floor.
I have read that you can get higher speeds with powerline adapters such as the Netgear Powerline 1200 (1 port). Therefore, I thought that I should change my configuration to as powerline network instead, but the issue is I want a good wifi reception for my portable devices (Iphone, Ipad, etc.). I thought of a solution but I'm not sure whether it works:
1. Setup powerline adapters: one connected to my modem/router and another one connected to the wall outlet on the third floor
2. I would then run a wire from the Powerline Adapter on the third floor to my Netgear Wifi Extender AC1200
3. I would wire my Mac and PS4 to the Netgear Wifi Extender AC1200
4. Netgear Wifi Extender AC1200 would also be used as a wifi access point for portable devices.
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.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Alex
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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.
