I hook up to a neighbor (with permission), but I have to put my current extender in the window to do so. Do I have to do the same with this extender?
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I am not sure as I only use mine indoors on the middle floor of a three floor house, the house is stone however and I do get good coverage. I guess it depends on the distance of your neighbor's house/modem.
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I would think so, but really do not know. I suggest calling Hawking Tech Support who have been very helpful with me. The Hawking HWREN2 is definitely "more powerful" than its predecessor, the Hawking WREN1 that I previously used. The 1 would not do my whole two story rambling house while the 2 does it well, good enough for Hi Def Roku on upstairs tv.
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I did and it did not connect easily at all. Took my professional tetchy neighbor 2 hours to get it working.
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As long as the equipment that is handling the Wifi signal complies with 802.11 and IEEE standards, yes the extender should connect.
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Once you have connected and configured the device, you will be able to see all active Wi-Fi accounts within the range of the device. Hopefully, your neighbor has his or her Wi-Fi password protected to prevent people from getting free wi-fi. If you have an agreement with the neighbor to use his or her Wi-Fi, they will provide you a password to use to connect.
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If set up properly, the extender works well, extending the range and maintaining the same speed as the router. My problem has been IP conflicts between the router and extender. So long as my wi-fi devises connect to the extender and not the router, I am fine and speeds are maintained, including streaming video to devises far from the router through the extender.
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From your question I can not tell what exactly your problem is. You can go to netgear.com and type the model in a drop down menu. It will take you to a step by step manual. Remember, it gives you a link that is NOT a url. The link connects you to your new extender. After you have established that connection, you get a page with some questions after which you can finish the installation by simply clicking "finish". If it asks you to set a password, use the same that you use for your router. If you don't get through, let me know, and tell me what you did. I hope you get it this time.
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Nope, just link it to your router, I had no problems with this unit, I am still using it today, no problems.
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From what I've read the extenders just give you a stronger signal for longer distances. Other then that I think you are asking if you need to either buy another unit for three units or if it just gives you a stronger and longer distance control???Don't quite understand the question and am not familiar with the extenders. Maybe a Tech at Amazon can help........
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Depends on what you mean by "Wifi extender". Think of this device (it takes two of them) as replacing a piece of cat-5 or cat-6 cable, using the power line as a way to create a data link. There is only an RJ-45 (network cable connecter) on each unit. Plug one in the wall at one place and connect your internet source, i.e. router to it. Plug a second unit into a wall outlet somewhere else in your house or office and connect your PC or printer to the RJ-45 on that unit. Go through the simple sync procedure and that's it. There is no other intelligence in these.
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The extender should be somewhere in between the device you are trying to connect and the router. It'll essentially double the range of your WiFi ( if placed in the right place) But it will slow down its speed tremendously.
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No, you should have a dual band router to let the extender deliver signal in both bands. It does'nt transform it, only amplyfies what you got
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The signal is not encrypted. Your neighbor would need the same receiver in range and on the same channel.
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My need was to push a signal to an out building 250ft downhill from my residence. I placed the extender at the peak of the roof in the attic, (at the end of the house, closest to the out building). Plug the unit into a power outlet and presto I had a 3 bar signal to the out building. No additional connections or any other add-ons of any sort. Also, I'm using the NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Gigabit Router (R7000).
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Yes you can, it took me couple days and many hours to find that out, here is the video how to make it Bridge mode. Remember to connect it with the Ethernet cable while you are doing the set up. Be patient and enjoy this extender from an affordable Price. Good luck to you...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9QhjjTP2o&app;=desktop
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I have. Works fine; no problems. It does have a short cord so I bought the extender as well and they work fine together. Hope this helps!
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You need to set it up as a repeater fpor your existing router, which is a feature of the unit that is not even mentioned on the box. Then put it midway to the point at which you want to extend the signal.
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The router works fine. However, I have metal studs in my home and therefore the full power did not reach to the far end of the house. I bought an extender and now have full power everywhere. Easy setup. Just make sure you set up extender plugged in next to your computer and then move it to the location to want....they left out that set.You may not even need an extender.
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I don't know. I haven't tried. It is in our new gymnasium and we may not have much need to try that. It won't be used a lot there. I have shut it off for now because when I turn my laptop computer on in the church it grabs the signal from the extender and it is slower because of the distance. I can always tell my computer to grab the signal from the router in the church.