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kenincaen
Aspirant
Dec 04, 2021

Using range extender with switch

Dear all I want to use my Nighthawk as a range extender to link our home office with the internet router [Orange Livebox - fast fibre]. That is in another room – location fixed by the provider techn...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 04, 2021
kenincaen wrote:

 

  1. Will this work? [Assuming I can find a good position for the Nhawk]----it should. I've wired an unmanged switch to a range extender before. 
  2. Does it matter which units – Macs or printers – are wired to the Extender and which go via the switch?---no. the bottleneck isn't going to be the wired connection. It'll be the wireless connection between router----extender. 
  3. Do I still need the Macs to use wifi protocols to connect to the router / internet ---shouldn't need to. the wired connection should work fine. 
  4. What else do I need to know?

TIA

Ken

2 Macs are current / recent using Big Sur / Catalina, 1 older Mac on Mojave.

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