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Netgear R6350 1750ac Are Antennae detachable?
I bought 2 of these routers thinking they were the general R6400. Got home and found out they are R6350 which seem to have some features removed from the mainstream 6400. Does anyone know if these have detachable antennae? My main router is in my study in the far corner of my house. My den is on the other side of the house. Trying to see if using directional antennae would provide better coverage.
I finally got an answer from Netgear support about the antenna. The antenna on the R6350 is NOT detachable. I wouldn't want anyone breaking the antenna trying to remove it.
I have questions about how to proceed with my setup, but it appears I will need to open a a new thread to get answers concerning either a higher level router and/or what type of wireless extender I should get to get signal in my den.
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bstreet wrote:
I bought 2 of these routers thinking they were the general R6400. Got home and found out they are R6350 which seem to have some features removed from the mainstream 6400.
They are different models, among Netgear's bewildering array of options.
Do you intend to run three routers on the same network? That could cause serious headaches unless you configure the R6350s as access points.
There is support for the R6350 at the end of this link:
>>> R6350 | Product | Support | NETGEAR<<<
See the section Use the Router as a WiFi Access Point Only.
I see no indication that the R6350s will operate as wireless repeaters, so they need to be wired back to your (unnamed) main router.
One way to get the internet to the den would be Powerline Ethernet.
Powerline Networking | Powerline Ethernet | NETGEAR
The use one of the R6350s as an AP. Or buy Powerline with wifi built in.
Thanks for your help. I have two routers. The cable internet comes in by way of a modem only (no router on the cable modem). My plan was to use one R6350 as the router with the other R6350 as an Access Point. They are replacing two Netgear 3500L's that I used in the same way. I was able to set this up with the 2 R6350's yesterday, though more will need to be done.
I tried Powerline networking in the past. In my house I was getting dropoffs every minute or so. I do believe if I can't just use one router, the Router and AP will be the way I will continue.
However, it would be great if I could only use one R6350 router. That was why I was possibly looking at directional antennae to screw on. This particular model does not appear to let the antennae detach and I don't want to break the router trying to remove it. That's why I was trying to confirm. I'll email support today to find out on that regard.
bstreet wrote:
They are replacing two Netgear 3500L's that I used in the same way.
Do you mean WNR3500Lv1?
The R6350 is a pretty basic box. Not likely to have the best wifi around. But it should be better than the old ones.
Pair one R6350 with a wifi extender and it should work.
Looking at the aerials on the router is probably a red herring. Position the thing up high and it will have the same affect as messing around with aerials. For real wifi power you'd probably do better start off a better source.
