Can I connect an router to an extender with an ethernet cable

[Thomas_25]

I have a 2 floor house with lots of false ceiling and I am not able to get the range up.My router is placed in the ground floor and I am getting excellent range down but not on the top floor. I used my old Netgear WN2500RP range extender to extend the coverage on the top.
Now, the problem is that I have a 16 mbps connection that I subscribed for and that I get in the ground floor and I get the also connected the extender to the router (wirelessly).But when I ran speed test on the top floor I was only getting 0.10 mbps. There is an ethernet/telephone port on the wall behind the extender and I was wondering if I could connect the router to the extender via ethernet (a wired connection).....

 

[Petrossa]

If that port is an ethernet port, that would certainly be the way to go.
Just be sure to configure the wifi unit as an access point then and not a range extender, if possible.

 

[Thomas_25]

If that port is an ethernet port, that would certainly be the way to go.
Just be sure to configure the wifi unit as an access point then and not a range extender, if possible.

How do I configure the Netgear as a Wifi unit and not as a range extender?

 

[Petrossa]

Oh dear.
After reading the manual, it would appear that you cannot do it with that device.

 

[bill001g]

I would have guessed you could the critical part you need disabled is the wireless repeater function. It transmits a interfering signal back into the same radio channel to do the repeater function.

Pretty much any normal router can be used as a AP.