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7800 with 7000 as a wireless repeater?
Hi Peoples,
Has anyone successfully configured a 7000 as a wireless repeater to a 7800 in AP mode? I have a client who has a 7800 in AP mode and wants to extend the wifi using a 7000. I've neve...
The solution ended up being to throw the 7000 in the bin and just use the 7800. Originally the 7000 was the primary AP, we swapped it out with the 7800 and the coverage was such that an extender wasn't needed (thankfully). None of the options for connecting these was appealing given the lack of in-house cabling and the associated expense. In the end, he's happy and has acceptable coverage so we'll put that one in the lessons learned box.
I don't think the R7000 firmware supports repeater mode, but I could be wrong
you don't want to use repeater anyways as it caps the bandwidth in half due to constant need to be in contact with the router it's repeating the signal of
if the R7800 is in AP mode you can set the R7000 in AP mode too and connect it to one of the ports of the R7800. But this requires pulling a cable
microchip8 wrote:
I don't think the R7000 firmware supports repeater mode, but I could be wrong
It depends. R7000P does not support WDS, but the R7000 should.
There is support material, including a manual, for the R7000 somewhere at the end of this link:
>>>> R7000 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<
See the section Set Up a Wireless Distribution System.
The R7800 does not do WDS.
Maybe it is the AP mode that is the sticking point.
Sounds like a complicated network.