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R6020 as wireless AP
My main router is a TPLink AX4400 connected to a Spectrum fiber optics modem. I'm trying to use a R6020 as an AP to extend the range of my wireless network (trying to cover as much of 5 acres as pos...
Cliffh999 wrote:
I'm going to start shopping for some dedicated range extenders. There's only a couple of places I can put the extenders, so I'd need a couple that are omnidirectional and at least one directional. Would y'all have any suggestions on those?
Five acres probably means outdoors. Netgear's product range there is tiny.
You might need to look for something specialist. That's a bit beyond this place.
AP mode requires a cable. You're trying to set up some kind of repeater. That won't work as firmware doesn't support it.