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Is it possible to spread the RJ45 port on wn3000rp?
Hello Guys!
I found a old D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router (only supports 4-wired connections) and thought of using that toghether with my WN3000RP Extender. If I connect the router to my RJ45-port in the WN3000RP extender I thought I would be able just to connect devices to the router. But my devices do not get any IP. Neither the router turns up under connected devices in the web-console for my WN3000RP Extender.
What do you think guys is it impossible or should this work.
Best regards
Fredrik
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You have to set up the WN3000RP as an Access Point. Follow these instructions in the manual.
Hello!
Thanks for your fast reply!
Does this mean that I can extend my present network and at the same time connect a extra router to the extender for more wired devices?
In my case my network looks like:
Fiber Internet access point in basement.
Router A connected to the fiber.
Unfortenately this router gives a poor wifi-signal to the rest of the house.
But with the Netgear WN3000RP extender I can extend the wifi-signal from router A to the rest of the house.
I have connected a lot of devices through wifi to the extender, and it works super!
Now I need to connect more wired devices to the extender as well.
I found a old router with out any wifi, only wired-support.
In the documentation that you linked to it do not sound that the extender still could accept devices connections through wifi after turning it into a access point?
Am I right?
Best regards
Fredrik
All you really need is an Ethernet switch. Connect one port to router A, connect another port to the WN300RP and connect any other wired devices to the remaining ports.
You can use a router in place of the switch. You should disable the DHCP server on this router to keep it from interfering with router A. Use only the LAN ports on this router. Leave the WAN/Internet port disconnected.
The extender will still accept Wi-Fi clients. That's what an Access Point does. It wouldn't be very useful if it couldn't. An Access Point just happens to use an Ethernet connection back to the router instead of Wi-Fi. Ethernet is much faster and more reliable than Wi-Fi.
