Question:
Can I use my Netgear Powerline 200 to expand my wifi connection if I plug the ethernet cable into another router (in my bedroom)?
I have Comcast internet. I have the newer modem/router that they issue, which they call a wireless gateway. Here is a pic...
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/151059045272_1_0_1/1000x1000.jpg
I have a Netgear Powerline 200 plugged into this with the other end of the Powerline plugged into my bedroom. As of now... I am just using it to plug into my bedroom PC, which works great. The connection to the internet is much better than with just the wifi.
I have noticed that my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5) seems to experience signal deadspots in my bedroom though. Let me explain what I mean. My phone wifi signal shows no less than 4 out of 5 bars everywhere in my bedroom. However, if I am in one corner of the room (where my bed is)... I have no internet. The signal shows 4 out of 5 on the wifi but I have no internet communication. Weird, I know. I have done some internet speed tests on my phone (using a connection APP) and have found that I do indeed still have wifi connection. The speed test shows that I have almost no download speed but about 10 Mbps upload speed. Now this is when I am in this deadspot at my bed. If I go to the door, which the Comcast gateway is just 20 feet down the hall, I am good. Go back to the bed and my signal drops to 4 out of 5 on the indicator. No download speed/10 Mbps on upload speed.
Sorry that was long to explain but now you know why I am asking this question. I though about this but it isn't working as of yet. I probably have to configure something on the router ends.
What I am thinking is why can't I take the ethernet cable from my Powerline in my bedroom and connect it to a router (Netgear WNR1000) and repeat the wifi signal? If I could do this, my phone would get full service (like when I am standing at my doorway) and I could just add another ethernet cable to plug into the router and my computer. I would still, in theory, be hardwired by the powerline yet I would have repeated the signal wirelessly through the use of the second router.
So what I'm I doing wrong? What do I have to do to pull this off? I have attempted plugging the powerline ethernet cable into a LAN port and into the WAN port. Neither is giving me any changes. I have not messed with any configuration settings on the Comcast gateway or the Netgear router as of yet.
Can somebody tell me if I am on the right track or if this is not at all possible.
Thanks,
Mark W
Can I use my Netgear Powerline 200 to expand my wifi connection if I plug the ethernet cable into another router (in my bedroom)?
I have Comcast internet. I have the newer modem/router that they issue, which they call a wireless gateway. Here is a pic...
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/151059045272_1_0_1/1000x1000.jpg
I have a Netgear Powerline 200 plugged into this with the other end of the Powerline plugged into my bedroom. As of now... I am just using it to plug into my bedroom PC, which works great. The connection to the internet is much better than with just the wifi.
I have noticed that my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5) seems to experience signal deadspots in my bedroom though. Let me explain what I mean. My phone wifi signal shows no less than 4 out of 5 bars everywhere in my bedroom. However, if I am in one corner of the room (where my bed is)... I have no internet. The signal shows 4 out of 5 on the wifi but I have no internet communication. Weird, I know. I have done some internet speed tests on my phone (using a connection APP) and have found that I do indeed still have wifi connection. The speed test shows that I have almost no download speed but about 10 Mbps upload speed. Now this is when I am in this deadspot at my bed. If I go to the door, which the Comcast gateway is just 20 feet down the hall, I am good. Go back to the bed and my signal drops to 4 out of 5 on the indicator. No download speed/10 Mbps on upload speed.
Sorry that was long to explain but now you know why I am asking this question. I though about this but it isn't working as of yet. I probably have to configure something on the router ends.
What I am thinking is why can't I take the ethernet cable from my Powerline in my bedroom and connect it to a router (Netgear WNR1000) and repeat the wifi signal? If I could do this, my phone would get full service (like when I am standing at my doorway) and I could just add another ethernet cable to plug into the router and my computer. I would still, in theory, be hardwired by the powerline yet I would have repeated the signal wirelessly through the use of the second router.
So what I'm I doing wrong? What do I have to do to pull this off? I have attempted plugging the powerline ethernet cable into a LAN port and into the WAN port. Neither is giving me any changes. I have not messed with any configuration settings on the Comcast gateway or the Netgear router as of yet.
Can somebody tell me if I am on the right track or if this is not at all possible.
Thanks,
Mark W