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Question about Netgear EX7000 as an Access Point
Hello All,
I have the Netgear EX7000 Range Extender in my living room which is set up as an Access Point. The NetGear EX7000 connects via an ethernet cable to my AT&T Residential Gateway (Router) in my office (ethernet cable is in the ceiling). My UVerse Receiver connects to a LAN port on the NetGear EX7000 as does my Yamaha Receiver. I have been having issues with it recently whereby I cannot use the WiFi. I ended up turning everything off and back on again a few times and everything came back up.
I just took another look at the manual and I noted the following:
Note: In access point mode, you can connect your computer or WiFi device to the extender only using a WiFi connection.
Hmmmm... Well, as I mentioned, I have my Uverse Receiver and my Yamaha Receiver are connected to the LAN ports on the NetGear EX7000. Should I buy a swtich and connenct the Ethernet Cable from my ATT Residential Gateway into it vs connecting directly to the NetGear EX7000? I would then connect the EX7000 to a port on the switch and my Uverse Receiver and Yamaha Receiver.
Thanks, Bill