Access Point and Extender mode

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If I have the first extender set up in Access Point Mode, must I keep the ethernet connection?&nbsp; &nbsp;I have two buildings with a garage between.&nbsp; The first building I live in - has the router.&nbsp; The second building I am trying to extend a reliable internet connection to.&nbsp; I put one extender in a location half way between the two buildings.&nbsp; It gives me internet in the second building but I keep loosing the connection.&nbsp; I bought a second extender for the second building.&nbsp; I am now trying to link them all together to give me a good internet in the second building.&nbsp; How to set up each extender?

plemans · Answer

How far apart are these?&nbsp;You ideal setup is with a hardwired connection and not using wireless. The reason is a standard extender has to receive a signal and then rebroadcast it. And it can't do both at once. So it looses 50% of whatever throughput it had in that area. Add a 2nd extender and you're goin to be at less than 25%. Potentially much less depending on where each was located.&nbsp;If you can hardwire in the devices, you'll have much better speeds/performance.&nbsp;If thats not possible and the distance is to far for standard extenders, I'd look into netgears airbridge setup.&nbsp;

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