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NETGEAR - Nighthawk Mesh X6S
I want to purchase an outdoor access point to extend my WiFi outdoors to my dock by a lake 200’ away.
I am planning to install a wired access point midway between the dock and my home.
I plan to wire it with a 100’ long cat6 cable connected to my existing router.
I plan to power the new AP with a POE injector.
I will run dock cameras on the 2.4 ghz and smart phones on the 5 ghz bands so in need dual band.
I need WiFi coverage to be seamless so that all cameras can be on the same network SSID.
I have a Arris surfboard router sbg10
The NETGEAR - Nighthawk Mesh X6S has been recommended and I have been told to install it outdoors, is this possible?
3 Replies
The x6s isn't ourdoor rated.
The RBS50Y is and has extender mode.
What might be easier/more stable? running a point to point system. The netgear airbridge is outdoor rated. You could put one at the home and one at the dock. Then a simple AP connected to the one at the dock.
- It doesn’t sound like the RBS50Y has an Ethernet port that would allow it to act as a “wired” AP.
- Air bridge has an access point mode. It won't broadcast as far in access point mode
