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twrooke
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4 years ago

Can I connect wireless router w/200' of Cat5 to HT2000W to get signal on other side of house?

Hello, Can I connect the NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router (R7000) to 200' of Cat5 from the HT2000W to other side of house where the signal is poor?  1)  Will it work, will it affect...
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    4 years ago
    MarkJFine wrote:

     

    3. Some new routers are set to auto-update their firmware, which isn't really recommended. This is mainly because it will use data as this may happen often on new models. However, if the update doesn't work correctly it can end up auto-bricking it. I generally prefer doing those things manually so I can see what happens and not be surprised. If anything goes wrong it won't be happening while I'm sleeping.

    Excellent point.

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MarkJFine
Professor
4 years ago

In theory, you might be able to do what you're saying if the wireless router is on a different channel(s) than the modem's wifi.

 

That said, because of the extreme length, you may want to consider using something that might be a little better for long runs than Cat5. 200 feet of Cat5 may introduce consderable signal loss and may be vulnerable to radio interference - both may cause you problems down the road. I mean, you're basically operating within Cat5's maximum specs, but Cat6 or Cat7 might give you better overall performance at that length in the long term.