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LilMickey
Aspirant
Oct 07, 2019

EX6400 can I connect...

I purchased a EX6400 wifi extender attempting to connect a credit card terminal to the internet. The router is located 40 feet from the CC terminal; my question is an I using the right piece of equipment I thought I could connect extender wirelessly to the router then connect CC terminal to th extender via ethernet cable...did not work 

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 08, 2019
    LilMickey wrote:

    I purchased a EX6400 wifi extender attempting to connect a credit card terminal to the internet. The router is located 40 feet from the CC terminal; my question is an I using the right piece of equipment I thought I could connect extender wirelessly to the router then connect CC terminal to th extender via ethernet cable...did not work 

    are you trying to run it in extender mode or in access point mode. it won't work that way in access point mode. 

    in extender mode, it should function as a standard ethernet port. Is it extending the wireless network (to make sure its setup properly)?

     

    One thing to check on though (with your credit card terminal company) is if the terminal requires a static IP address/routing setup.