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Need extender - D6400 – AC1600 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router—802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit / D6400
I need to extend the range on my WiFi signals for both the network and network guest. I have a D6400 – AC1600 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router—802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit / D6400 downstairs. When I t...
ChrisWharton wrote:
What type of extender do I need and do I need one for each network?
I see no suggestion that the ageing (2015) D6400 DSL modem/router supports wireless bridge mode. I haven't tried to get my D6400 to do that.
You could see if one of Netgear's repeaters will work. But 60 feet could be pushing it.
You can add a wireless access point to the modem/router, but that requires a wired connection. One way to achieve that is the use Powerline Ethernet to turn the mains circuit into a network. I have done that successfully, but it does depend on the quality of your mains circuit.
For more help with your D6400, try the section where they talk about those things:
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
As my house has been wired ethernet cable, could I just plug a wireless router onto an ethernet cable.?
Thanks again
ChrisWharton wrote:
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
As my house has been wired ethernet cable, could I just plug a wireless router onto an ethernet cable.?
Yes.
That's a classic case of forgetting about wifi repeaters in favour of using devices in wireless access point (AP) mode. A misnomer because it requires wiring the wifi source back to the router.
Just about anything you get will offer AP mode. An extender. A router, even something old you have got lying around, would do the trick.
It will be a lot faster than anything that relies on wifi to talk to the modem/router.
Can you? Sure! It'll work fine
If you want seamless (or close to it) roaming though, then I'd look at switching to mesh
