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NETGEAR N600 WiFi Cable Modem Router C3700 Can it be a Wifi booster?
We no longer have cable, so we don't need this as a router. But with permission, we get internet WiFi from the next door neighbor. Can this Netgear N600 Wifi Cable Modem Router Model C3700 be set up ...
No this combo device doesn't have that option. You can disable the routing functions of it but not the modem functions. Sorry.
No this combo device doesn't have that option. You can disable the routing functions of it but not the modem functions. Sorry.
> [...] we get internet WiFi from the next door neighbor. [...]
Does that mean that you simply connect your device(s) to your
neighbor's wireless router?
> [...] Can this Netgear N600 Wifi Cable Modem Router Model C3700 be set
> up as a WiFi Booster?
Define "WiFi Booster". If you can run an Ethernet cable between the
C3700 and the neighbor's router, then you should be able to configure
the C3700 as a wireless access point. See, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the same for
any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP option,
including yours.
Otherwise, a Netgear Cxxxx cable-TV modem+router doesn't have much in
the way of different modes of operation. Especially if an Ethernet
cable connection is not an option.
> [...] You can disable the routing functions of it but not the modem
> functions. [...]
Not really. See above. It doesn't exactly "disable [...] the modem
functions", but it does evade/ignore them.
> [...] You can disable the routing functions of it but not the modem
> functions. [...]Not really. See above. It doesn't exactly "disable [...] the modem
functions", but it does evade/ignore them.antinode I'll give you that. I've never set it up and that thread doesn't have any responses to if it works. so maybe it'll work. Its not an officially supported mode though and I've never used it. I hope it does work though as I find it a bit sad that the combo devices don't have the option to disable the modem function and support other modes.
Plus I think a basic dual band extender would work better for the function the OP is posting about. There'd be less setup problems and probably function a bit better since it'd be acting for its designed purpose.. worth the cost for a basic dual band extender to save the headache.
Can't do wired connection to neighbor, can do ethernet connection in my place from Netgear to computer. Just checking to see if I need to buy a Wifi Booster.
It would probably be the simplest, most effective way to get decent coverage where you live.