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igliajdini's avatar
igliajdini
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Sep 20, 2020

EX6100 access point or extender

I bought an extender for upstairs at my office because I will be working from home but I dont know If i should use it as an access point or as an extender? I wanted to use an ethernet cable from the extneder to my PC so i can have a good internet connection from work. My wifi modem is downstairs. Thank you

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    Access point mode you'd have the extender hardwired into the router.

    in extender mode, it picks up the wireless from your router and rebroadcasts it and a device can be hardwired to it.