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Netgear RP614v2 to be used as an access point / extender to Vodafone Pro Wifi router - Help required
Hi All, I have a Vodafone provided router with 4 ethernet ports on the back which is up and running fine. The wifi boosters are not really reliable enough so I am resorting to feeding cables from t...
Many thanks plemans,
Yes I think I will be throwing that device away. Our house is like a long thin rectangle with a garden which is over double the length of the house and the internet comes in at the end of the house furthest away from the garden. I've now got a long LAN cable from our UK Vodafone Broadband modem/router from the device to the office at the other end of the house on the 1st floor and am considering the following:
1) As you say, plug the long cable into a 4 or 8 port unmanaged gigabit switch for the office to allow the other laptop, printer and camera , etc to plug into the switch.
If I want to broadcast the network wirelessly to the end of the garden, then am I right that I have the options of :
1) Replacing the switch with a wireless router to offer 4 ports and transmit the wireless signal
or
2) add a wireless access point which is plugged into the switch where I can position it independent of cable connecting to the switch for better transmission to the garden.
I am thinking that I may get an overall cheaper price rather than an 8 port router, and would the setup be a good one from performance point of view?
Many thanks
Compared to what you were planning on use, a basic gigabit dual band router would be great.
I'm not in your shoes but I'm a fan of buying a little to much versus to little. I'd rather see something get a router with access point mode (most have it) that they can use as a backup router fairly decently. meaning look for a little better router than just base model. That way if something does happen, you have a fairly solid device to fall back on. I usually advise people to check amazon for "renewed" routers. Since the wireless 6 (AX) devices have been out for a while, we're starting to see renewed devices. so you can get a pretty solid AX router for pretty cheap.