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Hardwire the EX7000 instead of wirelessly connecting to the router?
I’m going to try my best to explain my current situation as best as possible since I’m not entirely tech savvy or literate. My current situation is that there are devices that need to be hardwired but the devices are located in separate rooms. One device in my room and one in my brother’s. Now I know that I can use the EX7000 to wirelessly connect to my router and just use the Ethernet ports but doing that cuts down on download speeds. So I was wondering if I can use the Ethernet port in my room and plug the extender into that so I won’t have to wirelessly connect to the router? The current set up is that we have Frontier FiOS and the ONT box is located in our garage. Not sure what that means but the employee from BestBuy said it acts as the modem so that all the Ethernet ports our house can support a router without the need of an actual modem. So currently, all we currently have the Nighthawk X6 plugged into the Ethernet port in my brother’s room and is producing a Wifi signal with internet. We now both have desktops that have no Wifi adapters. So in order to use the internet on our computer we need to be wired. We used to share a room so it was never a problem since the router was in our room but now that we have our own rooms, he kept the router while I have no possible way of accessing internet via wired connection. Since we both game, we prefer a wired connection overall for the best performance. Hence the reason why we never purchased a Wifi adapter for our PC. While trying to look up a solution for my problem, I was constantly seeing answers like using the EX7000 as an access point. However, instructions say to plug it in to a router, which defeats my purpose of buying the extender in the first place since the extender would need to be located in my brother’s room. So long story short, can I hardwire the EX7000 using the Ethernet port in my room so that it can provide internet to my devices that need to be hardwired into the extender?C3700 Ethernet Port Fail
Using successfully on Comcast, both WiFi and Ethernet Port1. I have a Magic Jack connected to Port-1. Tried connecting another Ethernet Device, my Laptop PC, to Port-2. Doesn't work. All LED's OK. Swapped devices on Port-1 and Port-2. The problem stays with Port-2. Now the Laptop works, but the Magic Jack doesn't. LEDs on Magic Jack are OFF. I swap them back, and situation is as before. This suggests to me that Port-2 is bad or, somehow, disabled. Logged into http://RouterLogin.net. Everything looks OK to me, but I'm no expert. I see IP Addresses listed as being attached to both Port-1 and Port-2. One is my Laptop and the other is what I presume to be the Magic Jack (listed as a ReadySHARE (Internal Server). This suggests to me that the C3700 knows that something is attached. I looked at the pins on the RJ-45 Jack. None look bent out of shape. Any ideas? Is Port-2 Damaged? Is there a configuration that I should check? Does NETGEAR offer a 'SWAP' Replacement, through RMA process? Thanx - - Ellery