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AC750 Wi-Fi Range Extender
I have tried an extender before locating it (in the 2nd floor piano room) ~1/2 way between our modem/router which is in our office on the 1st floor at the N end of the house and the kitchen on the 2n...
The best solution is, purchase a router that is capable of running in Access Point mode. Run Ethernet cable your Base Router and the Access Point. If running an Ethernet cable isn't a option, your can purchase powerline products to provide connectivity between a base router and Access Point.
2 things--
My modem/router is the only one I can use--it's an Adaptec branded by Century Link and apparently needed to interpret their DSL line. However, it appears you're leaving it alone and connecting a second router to it. The Ethernet is out of the question--there's zero way to run the cable hidden.
Although I have no idea what Access Point mode is, I think you're intending to use the second router in that mode 'as the extender' in the piano room that's midway?
I used powerline product before WiFi. If I remember correctly they were not really acceptible then for productive use and that would mean even less so for today's computers/smartphones due to the powerline device's lack of speed. I think at the time they were running a max of 10 Mbps.