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Product recommendation for an RV AP with Wi-Fi backhaul.
Hello, I am looking for an AP for my RV that would allow for Wi-Fi backhaul to another local AP. It needs to have an external antenna connector or a removable 2.4 or 2.4/5 antenna. I am thinking that a range extender could work but I would prefer to have my own SSID. A Mesh system would only work if the far AP was the same product. Do most AP's allow for non wired backhaul? Possibly one solution would be a range extender to the far AP along with a local AP using the extender's link as backhaul. ?Netgear EX6150v2 Not Connecting to TMobile TMO-G4AR Router
Hello all, I am having issues setting up my Netgear EX6150v2 on my TMobile WiFi network using a TMO-G4AR router. Since I don't have a WPS button on my router, I started setting it up as instructed in extender mode through the Netgear installation assistant. I'm able to get all the way to the final steps of connecting my devices to the newly created extension networks, but I always get a "Could not connect the extender to the existing network" message, and the Router LED link never turns on. I'm not sure what's causing the hangup. I am 100% certain that I used the correct password for the existing network, and I have attempted a factory reset and reconnect to no success. Does anyone know if this is a user error, extender problem, or if my router is not compatible with this device? Thanks for the help,EAX20 extender issues
I have a Nighthawk RAX80 router and a AX1800 Mesh Extender EAX20 extender, it is connected however i am noticing that it will randomly lose connection to either the 2.4 ghz or the 5 ghz signal from time to time. Rebooting doesn’t bring it back, i have to go through the whole setup process again on the extender to get it back to normal. There is a nearby active ethernet port that is connected to the router, would i be able to connect the extender to ethernet rather than wireless meshing and still keep it in extender mode with One WiFi activated? Nighthawk RAX80 - Firmware Version V1.0.10.140_1.0.79 AX1800 Mesh Extender EAX20 Firmware Version: V1.0.1.64_1.0.104Rax48 vs XB8-T on 2 Gigabit Internet
I am currently saving up to get a better router or possibly switch over to a mesh system. In the meantime, I currently have my old Rax48 and this new XB8-T modem/router combo from Xfinity. I've heard these Xfinity modem/router combos are trash so I bought a Surfboard S33v2. Now with my new upgraded modem I should be able to get my 2gig speeds however I am pretty sure that I am being bottlenecked by the Rax48 because I can't get a speed test (modem to router) higher than 914mb. So my question is this. Should I just bite the bullet and use the XB8-T until I can afford the new router or is there any way to unlock more speed from the Rax48?What I have. R6700v2, R6900v2, GS305E X2, what I want to do with what I have.
Just starting out. Funds are very limited. I have R6700v2, R6900v2, and two GS305E 5 port gigabyte switches. Will this work in the attached photo.I’m trying to cover the whole property with Wi-Fi and mainly get good internet to my camper before I go crazy.Trying to figure out what products to buy for the networks I need.
Hello, this is my first posting so I dunno this forum's rules and etiquette for what info is needed/presented or how to post, so please forgive me if I make mistakes. I have been given a set of 5 public IPv4 address, xxx.xxx.xxx.17/29, and I want to assign these to each of my 5 computers. Two of these computers are located adjacent to where the incoming cat6 cable from my ISP is and I could simply use a switch to extend my external network to these 2 systems. I would then assign two of my pool of public IP address to these two computers. The complication arises because the other three computers are in remote locations and cannot be reached by a cable. Also, FYI, effectively I only have two locations to worry about. The two computers, located where the incoming cable from my ISP, also have a local area private net 192.168.10.0/24 that they share. Ditto for the 3 remote computers, they too are also connected to their own local private net 192.168.20.0/24 In other words I want my external network to look like this - Home network: Incoming cable from ISP with a gateway public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.17 connected to one of the LAN ports of a 5 port Switch Computer A which has a NIC assigned to static public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.18 connected to one of the LAN ports of a 5 port Switch. Computer B which has a NIC assigned to static public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.19 connected to one of the LAN ports of a 5 port Switch. A NetGear-WiFi device connected via it's first cat6 port, to one of the LAN ports of a 5 port Switch but does not require an IP address from my pool of 5 public addresses I own. This device is for extending my public network, via WiFi, to each of my remote computers. Let's call this device NG_Device A. If NG_Device A had a second cat-6 port for control and configure functions only, that didn't need an IP address from the external network, that I want to extend across the Wifi link, I could then assign a private LAN address to it. Remote Network: A NetGear-WiFi device connected to NG_Device A, via Wifi. Let's call this device NG_Device B. Like NG_Device A, If NG_Device B had a second cat-6 port for control and configure functions, that didn't need an IP address from the external network that I want to extend, I could then assign a private LAN address to it also. A second 5 port Switch connected to the first cat6 port of NG-Device B. Computer C which has a NIC assigned to static public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.20 connected to one of the LAN ports of the second 5 port switch Computer D which has a NIC assigned to static public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.21 connected to one of the LAN ports of the second 5 port switch Computer E which has a NIC assigned to static public address of xxx.xxx.xxx.22 connected to one of the LAN ports of the second 5 port switch I am by no means a network expert but this setup seems like it should be easily doable! But I cannot puzzle out what to purchase and how to go about setting up the the NG_Device A and B devices to accomplish this! Nor can I grok whether I can assign a private IP address to each device while configuring it to handle/extend the external network. Conceptually I want a WiFi link that acts like a simple dumb cable! Can you help me to choose what NetGear devices I need to purchase and explain how to configure them? It seems to me that each of the devices I am going to purchase will require at least 2 cat6 cable connections each? I looked at NetGear WiFi Extenders, but they only have 1 cat6 port, and I dunno how I can accomplish what I want to do with my limited set of public IP addresses. Maybe I have the wrong idea about how networks are extended across WiFi links, but this should give you the gist of what I want to accomplish. Thanks in advance and appreciate any and all suggestions! Marc...Wifi Coverage for Smart WiFi Router
I currently have a Netgear R6400 Smart WiFi router. I changed internet service providers that changed from a landline to a cable connection. This required my router to be relocated and I lost coverage to my detached garage. Due to the age of my R6400 (2017) would I be better served to purchase a new router or just an extender? Thanks in advance.
