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Nighthawk r9000 - bridge/Access point
I need some sort of combination of bridge mode and wireless access point and could use some suggestions. I have Verizon Fios and need to keep their router as my main router. That router is located ...
Thank you. Great question. I’ll dig around and see if I can find any coax on the third floor.
For the sake of this discussion though, let’s assume I don’t. Any solutions that don’t involve wiring from the basement to the third floor?
For the sake of this discussion though, let’s assume I don’t. Any solutions that don’t involve wiring from the basement to the third floor?
Powerline might be a decent option. But it can suffer from interference/distance issues so its connection speed decreases.
The r9000 doesn't have repeater/extender mode so you couldn't use that.
You could always get a decent wireless extender that has an ethernet port to connect it to but at that point, you might as well just use the extender and not the R9000.
You're a bit limited because the r9000 needs to be hardwired into something.
- Well **bleep**. I’m using the R9000 as an AP to try and get better signal on the third floor but it’s taking my gigabit speed down to 30 mbps. Hence the need for a solution.
- If I’m able to find the coax, do you know whether I’ll have any issues with my Fios TV if the coax isn’t plugged directly into my FIOS router?