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Netgear R6020 to extend network to a nearby trailer
Situation is that we have a trailer nearby the house in which we have the main Orbi along with 2 satellites.
The Satellite Orbi, in the house and even though 30' away from the trailer, the signal does not penetrate the aluminum shell of the RVwith a good signal. Would like to connect the Netgear R6020 inside the trailer via ethernet cable to the satellite Orbi in the nearby main house. Will that work? Or should I do that. Does that use have any side effects I should know about?
Thank you
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Dwight2perfect wrote:
Would like to connect the Netgear R6020 inside the trailer via ethernet cable to the satellite Orbi in the nearby main house. Will that work?
You haven't told us what the Orbi devices are, so we don't know if they support routers connected in AP mode. The R6020 does support that mode.
How do I change my NETGEAR router to AP mode? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
However, you should know that the R6020 is a pretty basic router.
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. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet, anything faster than 100 Mbps is a waste of your money.
Thanks for the response. Sorry, the Orbi is a RBS750. I understand that the speed might be comporomised on the R6020. How do I know if the R6020 is in the AP mode. I'm not really sure what that means, though. Please help me thru my darkness.
Our internet is through fiberoptics and get >200 download and around 100 or usually higher upload. I understand that the R6020 may be a bit slow. At our previous residence we had a whopping 7 download on a good day! Whoa!
Anyway, 100 might be ok. Is it ok to plug into the satellite RBS750?
What could I do to better the speed if I should wish without spending a lot of money.
Would it be better to plug into the main Orbi if I have enough cable for that?
Dwight2perfect wrote:
How do I know if the R6020 is in the AP mode.
It will not be in AP mode unless you set it up like that.
How do I change my NETGEAR router to AP mode? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
The easiest way to go about that is probably with the R6020 connected to a PC that doesn't have an Internet connection to get in the way.
- Disconnect PC from main router.
- Connect PC to to R6020.
- Put R6020 into AP mode.
- Turn off R6020 and disconnect from PC
- Connect PC to main router
- Plug R6020 into Orbi LAN
- Turn on R6020
Is it ok to plug into the satellite RBS750?Should work just fine.
What could I do to better the speed if I should wish without spending a lot of money.The easiest option might be to get an Orbi satellite that is compatible with your existing Orbi system. Then you can plug that satellite into the existing satellite and extend the network.
Which Orbi routers and satellites are compatible? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Are any other device that can work in AP mode.
Maybe one more thing to be said. At that previous residence, we plugged that same R6020 into our main router in order to get service inside the trailer. It worked well for that. Maybe that says if it is in AP mode already or not. Hope that helps.
Dwight2perfect wrote:
Maybe one more thing to be said. At that previous residence, we plugged that same R6020 into our main router in order to get service inside the trailer. It worked well for that. Maybe that says if it is in AP mode already or not. Hope that helps.
When you add a device to the network, it will try to adapt its own settings to avoid conflicts. The R6020 probably didn't go into AP mode, but it picked router settings that did not fight with the other router.
You could try that simply by resetting the R6020 and connecting it to the Orbi and setting it up from scratch. It might work.
