Why does my iPad "see" two SSID's for my router?

And I am not going to comment on Texas... when it leaks out where I live, i will be flattened and glued in a history book...👿

Lex, my comments in blue below... 🙂

I think you must be right about your nasal hairs, you are too young to ask yourself...

What do you mean? I don't understand...

The AV600 Netgear Model numbers are XAV6504 and XAV6504 (set in a box):

Are they still available in the EU? I went to Safari, typed Netgear AV600 and also AV500 and all I get is TP-Link AV600 or 500. I can find manuals from Netgear but they do not sell them here, or maybe they sold the line to TP.

XAV6501 has a GB ethernet port, XAV6504 has one GB port plus 3 fast ethernet ports. Where possible I use the ports instead of WiFi, much faster.

I actually have 2 Cisco Linksys Ethernet only adapters PLK400s and one wireless adapter PLWK 400. They function the same. Since I have a Cisco router it makes it easier on compatibility. I think the TP-Links I can buy now are stronger/better but mine works great so why bother.

I also have a AV500 set which have one fast ethernet port each. As far as I can se the 500 and 600 are equal powerful.

these AV500 and 600 have a power outlet on it, which is very practical.

I had also several Devolo sets but they did not satisfy me at all. And tried several others (like Swiss).

About your situation: you mean that you have a fixed ISP connection only, not a modem? Not that it makes difference, powerline adapters are really more flexible in your situation, the XAV6604 can act as a real switch at the same time.

Now you are really making me work. I have a room dedicated as an office. My ISP (AT&T) provides the feed into that room as I asked them to. They also provide me a so called Gateway, a combination modem/router/AP radio and that is the only equipment they supply in this area (I could go with another provider I suppose). At any rate I do not like the radio on the Gateway so I bough the best Cisco router I could find (at the time). The Gateway serves as the modem of course, I also let it rout so it handles the DHCP. I set my Cisco router downstream of the gateway strictly as an AP (no DHCP or routing) but since it has a very powerful radio it reaches most of my house. The house was built in 2010 and I had it all pre wired for ethernet throughout. Unfortunately in the office the ethernet outlet is across the room from the modem so I bought a kit of two PLAs (not wireless) to simply take ethernet from one side of the room to the other. The rest of the house is all on ethernet inside the walls so my living room, master bedroom, and media room A/V is all hard wired by ethernet, fast and reliable. I don't use wifi for any of that. However in order to use my iPad, iPhone, MBP etc in the master bedroom wing, I placed a third PLA, this time wireless which serves as a second AP for that wing. All my Apple devices are thus able to roam throughout the whole house seamlessly. In the office I have two Windows PCs, and one printer, all wireless but since they are 6 feet at most from the Cisco router (now turned into an AP only) the signal is very strong and fast.

1. the answer is in my answer 😁

2. Amazon DE has XAVB6504 and XAVB5404 and sets still ready to go into the basket. They also have some more recent PLA.

3. OK, understood.

4. Good setup it seems. Very technical advice you should expect from LaPastenague (Melbourne) in this Forum.

Lex