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martyk01
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Oct 12, 2015
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Extending Wireless Range

I want to extend the range of my wireless to cover outside my house, on one side about 50m to my garage and on the other side about 15m to an outdoor entertaining area.   The current wireless mod...
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nhann
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 13, 2015

Hi martyk01,

 

If the locations are all within the same electrical wiring then consider Powerline:

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/

 

Please also see WiFi extenders and run a comparison for your requirements:

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/

 

These can be setup as:
router ---(wire)---extender [access point mode] - - - (WiFi) - - - device

router ---(wire)---extender [access point mode] ----(wired)---device
or
router - - - (WiFi) - - - extender [extender mode]- - - (WiFi) - - - device
router - - - (WiFi) - - - extender [extender mode] ----(wired)---device