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EAX-15 Extend Enet connection
Can I plug my #EAX-15 extender directly into an ethernet connection to my router and extend the network without a wifi connection to my router? When I purchased the unit I was told this would work b...
You can but when you go through setup on it, it needs to be switched to access point mode. Thats the mode for hardwired to the router.
Thanks, but I can't find the "access point" setting when I configure the extender. I've reset to factory default and configured with Nighthawk and with the browser connection. The only option I have is to configure the 2G and 5G wireless connections?
here's the guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000060286/How-do-I-install-my-NETGEAR-WiFi-range-extender-as-an-access-point
and here's a video guide someone made for the EAX80 that should be the same. I have the EAX80 and EAX17 it it was the exact same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucnu1Wrsr_Q