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Blaze2025
Jan 11, 2025Guide
Adding wired wifi extender to my rax41 router
Hello all. I am simply looking for something. I have the rax41 nighthawk router in my basement. I want to run ethernet from that router to a wifi extender out to my garage. Can someone recommend a pr...
plemans
Jan 12, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Many of netgears extenders have ethernet ports and support access point mode.
You can go here: https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/range-extenders/
and then filter it by the specs you want
Blaze2025
Jan 13, 2025Guide
I just reread what you said. Are you saying that i want to look for extender that has eithernet with access point mode? if i were to guess that means accepting connection from my router with\thru eithernet?
- plemansJan 13, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Most of Netgears extenders support access point mode. Just the very base models (like EX2700, etc) don't.
Are you wanting an AX extender or an AC extender?
- Blaze2025Jan 14, 2025GuideOkay basic you mention.
What is ax or ac?
I want an extender i can have eithernet cable from my router to pass on wifi signal so i can use extender wifi. I want to increase my wifi coverage without moving or changing my router location- plemansJan 14, 2025Guru - Experienced User
AX= Wifi 6. its wireless AX
AC-Wifi 5, wireless AC.
One is a generation newer.
If you're not using the extender for the fastest things, the ac is fine. But if you're wanting the faster ones, then you'd like at AX. I'm a fan of the EX8000 as it has a dedicated backhaul.