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Connecting Netgear WiFi router to a virgin 3 router switched to modem mode and cat 6 wired Ethernet
Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can help me as I am not a technical gifted person - sorry! CURRENT SET UP I live in the UK in a house that has wired cat6 Ethernet The Cat6 Ethernet is conn...
> SOLUTION
> Turn the Virgin Hub 3 router into a modem and connect a netgear router
> to it to stop getting dropped WiFi.
That's one possible solution, but perhaps not the best. Another
possibility would be to add a wireless access point (WAP) at the end of
one of those Ethernet cables. That could be a purpose-built WAP, or a
general-purpose router which is configured as a WAP.
> Which is the best Netgear router to for this?
Define "best". Constraints? (Budget?) Why only Netgear?
> [...] how do I also connect up my cat6 Ethernet from my netgear
> switcher to it or the netgear router so I also have Ethernet as well as
> WiFi?
ISP <--> modem <--> NAT router <--> switch
Whether that arrangement would make sense with your current cabling is
not obvious. Especially if you're trying to reinforce the wireless
signal at a distance from the current router and switch.