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Mikeems911
Feb 22, 2018Follower
Need help with extenders and my detached garage
I have a Nighthawk X6 3200 router in my basement near the front of the house. My general issue is signal in the detached garage in the rear of the house 30ft away. I bought a AC 1200 extender and pl...
FURRYe38
Feb 22, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Any chance of getting the main host router up out of the basement on up to a main floor? Having wifi in the base ment not good for signal coverage. Then put a extender out in the garage area or closer to the garage.
antinode
Feb 22, 2018Guru
> [...] Nighthawk X6 3200 [...] AC 1200 extender [...] nighthawk AC 1900
> extender [...]
None of those is an actual model number. "AC1900" is a speed, not a
model number. Ever helpful, Netgear product packaging emphasizes speeds
like "ACxxxx", but that's not the model identifier. Look at the product
label.
> [...] I need coverage in the garage, [...]
Use a pair of Powerline adapters to provide an Ethernet port in the
garage, which is effectively connected to the main (house) network?
Perhaps one of those (unspecified) extenders could use that Ethernet
port to provide a wireless access point in the garage.
I assume that the garage power comes from the house.