Powerline Networking Questions

Aidoscuz · 20 Oct 2008 at 23:49

Hey all

I need to help someone extend the range of their wireless network. At the moment they have a Belkin N1 modem router and a Belkin Wireless Universal Range Extender as they have a big house. The range extender is extremely unstable though, it drops its connection about 3 or 4 times a day.

I was looking at ways of extending the range of the wireless network and I came across the Netgear WGXB102 Powerline range extender. It seems like a great idea - will it work with the Belkin router or is it only designed to work with Netgear products? And can anyone who owns it let me know how good the reception is?

Also if anyone has any other suggestions for boosting range that'd be great.

Thanks

Aidoscuz · 21 Oct 2008 at 22:20

Thanks for the reply. Here's the link to it.

Aidoscuz · 22 Oct 2008 at 20:41

The WGXB102 is a kit as far as I know - it comes with a wired bridge (XE102) and an access point (WGX102) as well. Seems like powerline in general is universally compatible so I think it'd be safe to tell my friend to order one. Thanks for the help

Aidoscuz · 8 Nov 2008 at 19:18

That sounds like a much better option! I've found a nice and cheap 85 Mbps kit elsewhere, so if should any wireless access point work with this setup? I didn't know you could plug a wireless access point into a wireless router to boost the range. I used to have a Netgear WG602 access point plugged into my old Netgear DG814 wired router to get wifi but I assumed there'd be problems with having two units broadcasting the wireless signal or something like that.

So basically he needs to buy 2 powerline adapters (like an 85 Mbps equivalent of this) and a Netgear WG602 access point (or some other model)?