NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Need help extending and boosting wifi signal
The modem/wifi is located in my office on the 2nd story and I need to extend the wifi range to my basement. I could of course take the modem back to best buy and return it for something else, however...
I have just learned that while all extenders can function as wireless APs, the EX6200 and the WN3500RP cannot function as wired APs. All of the other 3000, 6000 and 7000 series extenders support wired AP. Sorry for any confusion.
Since i have DSL through my phone line could I hook up an ethernet cable to the phone line in the basement and configure the access point as two?
or does the ethernet cable going to the basement have to be connected to modem?
While the plugs for the phone line and Ethernet look similar, they are different. The Ethernet plug has 8 pins compared to 4 pins for the typical phone line.
If you do happen to have an Ethernet cable going to the basement, then it should technically be connected back to the main router. It sounds like your modem has a built-in router. If it has multiple Ethernet LAN ports, then it definitely has a built-in router. You would connect an Ethernet cable into one of the router's LAN ports and, on the other end in the basement, plug it into an extender configured to run as an Access Point.