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XAV5601 compatible wifi repeater/extender
Hi, I have a pair of XAV5601 powerline adapters and they work great. Just wondering if I could add something similar in another room but with wifi connection instead of ethernet. The wifi signal i...
From what I could find, xav5601 is a homeplug AV device. Homeplug av is compatible with Homeplug AV and AV2. They will operate at the slowest devices speed though. The XWNB5602 is a homeplug AV device as well from its spec sheet.
Ahh ok, so Homeplug AV is a standard?
Great. Thats very helpful cos the device I want to use with the wifi doesn't support N.
Its only 802.11g .. so now I have more options.
Thank you very much!
Thank you so much for being so generous with your time and help.
AV stuff is compatible, but Netgear does not see the powerline access point on it own. It sells the bundle with the "host" plug and the AP.
You can use the spare plug as another wired terminal, or you could look for an alternative brand that sells single AP plugs.
