I have a home network with 2 Netgear Routers: 1 Modem+Router, 1 Router only.
I have DELL Laptop, with Windows 8.1.
Presently, the router + modem gets heated up due to being on since months! And so my wifi gets disconnected occassionally.
So I'm thinking of buying a Netgear Range Extender. Once I buy it, I'll move the modem to my room. Though then I'll require the wifi range to extend to other parts of the home, hence the range extender.
My problem is that the netgear router is connected to the modem via a LAN wire, and I cannot move that wire to my room. So I need to know if the range extender can be connected to the router via lan wire? The Range Extender has an Ethernet/Lan Port, and I don't know what it's useful for, there's no info provided on the netgear site, except that it's supposed to connect Home A/V devices to the network via LAN. If A/V can be connected, then I'm hopeful that the Router could be connected too! I've kept the router settings to disabled DHCP, so IP's are being generated by the modem. Hence my question.
In Short: MODEM » RANGE EXTENDER » ROUTER/Access Point via LAN
Thanks for any help!
Best Answer
Your question is a bit hard to understand. I almost replied that no, you cannot connect the Extender to the Modem via Ethernet, as the Ethernet port on it is only to connect other Ethernet based device(s) to the WIFI network.
Anyway, what you are proposing should work. As the extender is designed to work as an AP-client bridge and the "router" you are proposing to use is going to function more or less as a switch.
Alternatively, I recommend looking into the Ethernet over Power range of solutions. I think NETGEAR call them "Powerline".
Some of them double as Wireless AccessPoint and also have an Ethernet port that you can then link a switch or a single Ethernet device up to.