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range extender with ethernet cable vs as an access point
I've been using a EX7300 as a range extender to a single access point, but have had some dropouts. I was planning to set up a second access point. As I read it, it looks like the EX7300 can be u...
As an access point the EX7300 needs to be hardwired in. So there isn't a "hardwired extender mode".
Its simply access point mode.
If you have it hardwired in and running as an access point, it'll actually function faster than it would in extender mode. In extender mode, the wireless chip has to send/recieve from router---->extender and then extender---->devices. And they can't do both at once. So they take a 50% speed hit. They don't take that same speed hit when its hardwired in.
a follow-on: If the answer is range extender, would I need to change any setup, other than plug directly in the ethernet?