If the range extender or the router supports bridging mode via the WAN port, then yes. Otherwise, it will depend on the device and it’s internal firmware. I have actually setup a router to do this very thing wherein it’s wan port was on a dedicated line to another router. That router was, in turn, acting as the DHCP server on for it’s LAN ports. The Wi-fi from that router was then bridged to another Wi-fi access point that had direct connection to the internet. This basically allowed me to have a router at one end of the house as the primary, use the secondary device as a bridge to a dedicated link to the third access point, which behaved exactly like an AP. Thus, I was able to have a Wi-Fi bridge that connected one end point to another. I had this arrangement for quite a while as I didn’t have any LAN cables of sufficient length to reach from the garage area to the opposite end of the house. I did, however, have a short (10 foot) LAN cable that allowed me to feed from the bridge Wi-Fi device to the end of LAN cable AP located outside in the garage area. Also, as there was available power out there, I didn’t have to worry about POE. Also, I used the 5 Ghz band as the bridge link and the Wi-fi B/G/N 2.4 Ghz band for the AP only. Most of the rest of the house here is wired up, so I didn’t have need of a Wi-Fi AP inside.
BTW< that outside AP was for guests who had the password and I also required their MAC address in order to allow them to connect. No way am I going to run anything out there unsecured. Also, that end point AP is connected to a VPN server, so there is no access to anything else inside the lan from that device. If anyone wants access to my internal LAN, I wish them luck as they will have to tap in via hard wire..
-Eric
From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Infrastructure Maintenance dept.
> On Oct 14, 2019, at 12:05 PM, David Schwartz <newsletters@thetoolwiz.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks but you can’t hook Pringle cans to things like Fire TV Sticks and Printers. :-)
>
> Here’s the crux of the question:
>
> If you have a WiFi range extender with an Ethernet port on it (that may or may not work as an Access Point), can you run an Ethernet cable from that range extender to the WAN port on a router and treat that the same as if it’s an internet connection on a cable modem?
>
> So the extender talks to the distant router, then connects via Ethernet cable to the nearby router instead of a computer or printer.
>
> -David Schwartz
>
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