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Topology question
Hi, So I have a WNDR3700 in my basement office next to the modem in one corner of the home. My home is wired with Cat6 to most rooms which is great for TV's, XBOX, my main PC and where reliability is...
jmizoguchi wrote: cheapest way to leave your broadband modem in the basement and place 3700 central location if you return one ethernet back to basement and place small gigabit switch.
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Thanks for the speedy response.
In this case i'd need two wired runs to the place I locate the 3700 - internet feed and return to the switch correct ?
jmizoguchi wrote:
leave the setup as is and place additional 3700 as AP
http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965
if you do make additional 3700 AP , you can make SAME SSID and encryption to make wifi roaming..
In this case I think i'm limited to WEP not WPA2 ?
I did just talk to Tech Support on phone and they said that the WN2000RPT could be connected to the wired existing network rather than connecting to the existing network wirelessly (not possible in my case due to poor signal) - i looked online at the user manual and it states that the ethernet ports are for connecting devices - not for use as a network source. Any comments?