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Connecting ATT netgear 7550 gateway to remote nighthawk bridge router by ethernet
Is it possible to extend my wifi gateway services to a remote building by ethernet connection between a netgear 7550 ATT gateway, and a remote nighthawk wifi router (in bridge mode ?) and extend multi device wifi in the remote location ?
All descriptions I've read talk about are wifi - to - wifi, but I have ethernet connectivity, and wifi is out of range.
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TIA, Dave
> [...] using old school connect: [...]
You can do that, but the router-as-WAP might lose capabilities like
time server access. (Does anybody really know what time it is, ...)If the router has the feature, then I'd use it, and wait for problems
to arise.> [...] to improve packet transfer speed. [...]
I'd run the experiment.
If the router lacks the feature, or if performance is poor, then I'd
see, for example:
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> Is it possible to extend my wifi gateway services to a remote building
> by ethernet connection between a netgear 7550 ATT gateway, and a remote
> nighthawk wifi router (in bridge mode ?) and extend multi device wifi
> in the remote location ?"nighthawk wifi router" is not a model number.
> Model: A7000|Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter - USB 3.0
That's not a router.
It should be possible, but "bridge mode" is not the way. What you
want in the remote location is a wireless access point, and practically
any wireless router can be configured as a WAP. (And any main router
should work with a WAP.)> All descriptions I've read talk about are wifi - to - wifi, [...]
If you search for "bridge mode", then that's what you might find.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for a topic like "Set Up
the Router as a WiFi Access Point". Or, if that fails, just plain
"access point" or "AP".Thank you, I haven't purchased yet, just sanity checking the install, that's why no specific model. I found a good response about WAP use, suggesting using old school connect: disable DHCP, specify IP addy, and use lan not wan connection to improve packet transfer speed. (instead of AP "mode" and use of wan port).
I appreciate the expert help, and the willingness to do so.
> [...] using old school connect: [...]
You can do that, but the router-as-WAP might lose capabilities like
time server access. (Does anybody really know what time it is, ...)If the router has the feature, then I'd use it, and wait for problems
to arise.> [...] to improve packet transfer speed. [...]
I'd run the experiment.
If the router lacks the feature, or if performance is poor, then I'd
see, for example: