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HeavyPsy
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Oct 30, 2020
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Can I use an access point at a distance from the router?

I apologize in advance for being pretty ignorant about networks.  I have moved into a house that has ethernet cabling installed, but not everywhere I need network access.  The router supplied by the ...
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    plemans
    Oct 30, 2020

    If the home has ethernet ran throughout the house and that ethernet is connected back to the router, then you can connect an access point to it. 

     

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plemans
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Oct 30, 2020

If the home has ethernet ran throughout the house and that ethernet is connected back to the router, then you can connect an access point to it. 

 

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HeavyPsy
Initiate
Oct 30, 2020

Thanks for your quick reply.