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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 ...
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.