Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi range extenders, or repeaters, are both wireless networking hardware solutions that perform specific tasks within a network. Wi-Fi access points create the original wireless network signal whereas range extenders receive and re-transmit that signal to other devices to increase the reach distance of the network. Some Wi-Fi access points can be configured to work as range extenders, but range extenders can’t be configured to work as access points. Writer Bio
