[ale] Wifi extenders?

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Wed Jun 10 10:35:33 EDT 2020


What band are you using now for your WiFi?  2.4GHz or 5GHz?

The mesh devices will try to pick something that works but it will
depend on your end devices, too.  The normal extenders tend to slow
things down a lot especially with more than one.

Any chance you can run a cable to service additional access points?

On 2020-06-10 07:19, Jeffrey Layton via Ale wrote:
> Good morning!
> 
> I live in an older, large, all brick house where the outside walls are
> thick and there are a fair number of walls I can't move :)  My wifi router
> is in the kitchen on the main floor. In the bedrooms upstairs the coverage
> is spotty. My office is in the basement and the signal is OK, but not
> always great.
> 
> In the past, in previous homes, I have used something like the following,
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW?th=1
> 
> It worked fine, but my question is, can you use more than one of these in
> the same house? I was thinking about putting one in the basement near my
> office and one upstairs near the bedrooms. Looking at the answers on line,
> someone says you can, but I've never tried it.
> 
> Alternatively, I'm looking at the following:
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074F3M2W8/ref=emc_b_5_t
> 
> To improve wifi coverage upstairs and use one of the little ones in the
> basement near or in my office.
> 
> Any comments or recommendations?
> 
> Thanks a million!
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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