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Question

connecting two routers wirelessly

Mar 9, 2015 5:17AM PDT

I have a arris dg860 modem/router that came with my internet provider. I also have a netgear wnr1000v3 router that I would like to use without running any cables between the two routers. Idealy, I would like to be able to connect to both routers wirelessly. But, I would settle for only being able to connect wirelessly to the main modem/router and just connecting devices with an ethernet cable to the second netgear router. Is this possible? I have done a fair amount of googling and found discussions about "repeaters" and "bridges" but none seem to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated (even if to confirm this is not possible so I don't keep trying). Thanks

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I don't see this as a feature in the wnr1000
Mar 9, 2015 5:21AM PDT

There are many other devices that are "clients" that could supply the wifi to a LAN port of your WNR1000 in it's "router as a bridge mode."
Bob

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Remember there are many solutions.
Mar 9, 2015 5:28AM PDT

I'll start with the TP Link TL-WR702N (less than 20 most places) which we put in a CLIENT MODE then Ethernet to a LAN PORT on your WNR1000 in it's ROUTER AS A WAP MODE.

The 702N has docs on the client mode.
The router as a WAP is done hundreds of times on the web.

That's what I'd do.
Bob