setting up an access point

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KlsNet wrote:

I would like to extend the Wi-fi range of my home's current Router (model R6400) by connecting it to a new Netgear Access Point device. (Rather than purchase a mesh system). The new Access Point would be connected to my Router by an ethernet cable. 

     1) Is it possible to give the Access Point the same password as my current network and set it up so that someone moving around would have a seamless Wi-Fi connection? 

Yes, but it may not be a good idea.

If you have two non-Mesh wifi sources, the idea of seamless roaming is iffy. Mesh requires router and satellites to communicate with one another. With two "standard" routers, your wifi devices have to negotiate the new connection. Having the same SSID and password could actually be slower than two separate networks.

What matters is how the mobile devices work rather than the wifi sources. Show them two wifi networks with the same credentials and they could get confused.

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     2) If so, are there instructions available on how best to set this uniform password up? 

 

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Read the manuals for whatever device you buy.

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     3) Could someone recommend a suitable Netgear device that would only need serve as an Access Point?

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Check the Netgear product pages:

WiFi Boosters & Extenders | Wifi Range Extenders | NETGEAR

Oops. That link seems to be bust. With luck it is temporary