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Setting up WNDR3400 as repeater
Hello,
After days and hours trying to figure this out, i looked through many posts and videos online and nothing.
Previously i used my WNDR3400 (n600) as my only router, i had a modem from my cable company (time Warner) and i used for the main and only router then. The Modem and router were upstairs, and my TV is downstairs on opposite side of the house, therefore the signal was terrible, and always buffering on netflix movies. I recently upgraded my internet speed, and time Warner gave me a modem with the WIFI capability, therefore i would not need my WNDR3400 as main router anymore. I figured i would put this router downstairs as a repeater and would improve my connection on my TV, after many trials and fails i came across the powerline adapters, which sounds great to me, since it would be much faster than wireless, so i purchased and sure enough works great, i have plugged in on my PS3 now, so i have high speed and no more buffering, but i still have a weak signal on my other devices, so i have been trying to figure out a way to use my WNDR3400 as a "repeater or AP" for downstairs, i would plug in the Ethernet cable into it, and would plug a different cable to my ps3, so i would still be able to stream videos fast and i would take advantage of the wireless signal from WNDR3400 and this way increase the range of wireless network. I have tried to do this many ways, all failed, if i just connect the modem (WNDR3400) without any configuration, it works but it is acting as a secondary network, when im looking for a internet on my device it appear 2 of them, one from upstairs and one from downstairs, and the internet (wireless) gets lost frequently.
Can anybody help me out on this? I am not a very tech person, but i do know the basics.
My upstairs main modem/router that was provided by Time Warner is: ubee DDW3610
As i mentioned before the modem i want to use downstairs is WNDR3400 (n600)
Sorry for the long post,
Thanks guys
After days and hours trying to figure this out, i looked through many posts and videos online and nothing.
Previously i used my WNDR3400 (n600) as my only router, i had a modem from my cable company (time Warner) and i used for the main and only router then. The Modem and router were upstairs, and my TV is downstairs on opposite side of the house, therefore the signal was terrible, and always buffering on netflix movies. I recently upgraded my internet speed, and time Warner gave me a modem with the WIFI capability, therefore i would not need my WNDR3400 as main router anymore. I figured i would put this router downstairs as a repeater and would improve my connection on my TV, after many trials and fails i came across the powerline adapters, which sounds great to me, since it would be much faster than wireless, so i purchased and sure enough works great, i have plugged in on my PS3 now, so i have high speed and no more buffering, but i still have a weak signal on my other devices, so i have been trying to figure out a way to use my WNDR3400 as a "repeater or AP" for downstairs, i would plug in the Ethernet cable into it, and would plug a different cable to my ps3, so i would still be able to stream videos fast and i would take advantage of the wireless signal from WNDR3400 and this way increase the range of wireless network. I have tried to do this many ways, all failed, if i just connect the modem (WNDR3400) without any configuration, it works but it is acting as a secondary network, when im looking for a internet on my device it appear 2 of them, one from upstairs and one from downstairs, and the internet (wireless) gets lost frequently.
Can anybody help me out on this? I am not a very tech person, but i do know the basics.
My upstairs main modem/router that was provided by Time Warner is: ubee DDW3610
As i mentioned before the modem i want to use downstairs is WNDR3400 (n600)
Sorry for the long post,
Thanks guys
2 Replies
- The WNDR3400 has the Wireless Repeating Function, so you can actually set it up in such a way that it widens your network range without connecting any cables between it and your Time Warner provided modem/router If that supports wireless repeating through WDS aswell (you could contact them to find out). However, there are some drawbacks to using this technique. You would be limited to wireless speeds at 54 Mbit/s if you wanted to encrypt your network, and the only encryption that works with wireless repeating is WEP (the oldest and most unsecure one).
The second option you have is to configure the WNDR3400 as a wired accesspoint and then connect a cable between the Time Warner modem/router and the Netgear router. This allows for higher wireless speeds (as high as they can go) and the highest encryption.
To get some guidance on this, I suggest you contact Netgear support and ask them to assist you in the configuration.
