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EAX20 wired and in router mode
I was running my EAX20 in router mode and needed more signal in one area of our house. I wired it with Ethernet and moved it. It is still in router mode, not AP mode. Is the wired connection helping?...
Assuming the connections are the same as before:
Connect a PC or associate a wireless client to the network.
Does the device get an IP address assigned?
Is this something in the 192.168.1.x network ?
Open a Web browser and access http://192.168.1.1/ - login with the password known ....
Sorry. My bad. The software asks to set up in extender mode or access point mode. I think I got the term “router mode” from another person or website. Sorry. This stuff is mostly outside my area of expertise.
All connected devices to the network are 192.xxx.xxx.xxx.
So the the EAX20 (AX1800) is set up in extender mode and is connected to Ethernet. Seems like after I wired it, WiFi speeds from the extender improved. Is that possible in extender mode?
How is it wired?
If your pc is hardwired to the extender, you'll get better speeds than over wireless.
This happens because a single/dual band extender drops throughput 50% because of how they function over wireless.
they have to use the same chip to go router----extender and then extender--device and can't do both at once.
But if you either have the extender hardwired in (in access point mode) or the pc hardwired in, you don't get that drop in speed as there isn't the wireless re-transmission.
- The extender is hard wired to the router/modem. Seems to improve speed distances from the extender.
