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Use Netgear AC1900 modem router C7000v2 as repeater as another fiber modem is connected
Hi Community, Thank you for the help in advance. I have recently move to an apartment where Modem+router is provided by Internet company Xfinity. The connection is very weak in other rooms. May...
> [...] C7000v2 [...]
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/bd-p/home-cable-modems-routers
> I followed below article [...]
In that article, look for "This article applies to:".
> [...] want to use as a REPEATER/Range extender [...]
Not possible, so far as I know. If you can arrange an Ethernet (or
equivalent) connection between the C7000v2 and your (unspecified) main
router, then you might try to configure your C7000v2 as a wireless
access point. See, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
option. (I'd expect a C7000[vX] to be very similar.)