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Chriselliotlaug's avatar
Oct 30, 2020
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Extender or Access Point or Router?

Hello, I have installed the EX7700 Extender and is extending my Wifi network successfully from my Virgin Media Router, now I am trying also to expand again my network to the summer house in my garde...
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Oct 30, 2020

    to keep it simple:

    Extender: a device that picks up a wifi broadcast and rebroadcasts it. 

    Access point: hardwired in via ethernet, powerline, moca adapters and broadcasts its own signal. 

    Bridge: it picks up a wireless broadcast but doesn't re-broadcast. It just lets you use the ethernet ports on the device. 

     

    If you've got a cable already ran, you want something to act as an access point. But most of netgears extenders (not all) have access point mode. As well as most routers have access point mode.