I have a Netgear R6300v2 router and would like to extend my wifi coverage with another router working as a wireless repeater, will the Netgear R6020 work as a repeater? I'm not sure if it supports repeating, if it doesn't is there another router that can do the job under $40? I don't want a range extender, I want a repeater set up under the same SSID so it will be seamless.
Wrong. Page 95 has router backup instructions. In fact "repeater" is only mentioned once in the whole manual on page 12 concerning placement next to "repeaters". The only way to use this as an access point is with a lan cable connected to a router that is connected to the internet. I could find nothing in the user manual indicating otherwise.
One way to achieve that is to use Powerline Ethernet to connect a second router, in access point (AP) mode, to the main router over the local mains circuit. Works fine here with an Orbi router in AP mode.
The R6020 is, by the way, pretty well the bottom of Netgear's router range. According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. So in AP mode it won't go faster than 100 Mbps over Ethernet.
@Irondingo wrote: Wrong. Page 95 has router backup instructions. In fact "repeater" is only mentioned once in the whole manual on page 12 concerning placement next to "repeaters".
Did you notice that this discussion is four years old?
