<div dir="ltr"><div>In-line below.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 2:35 PM Alex Carver via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What band are you using now for your WiFi? 2.4GHz or 5GHz?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ah - good question that I forgot to mention. I have both 2.4G and 5G. I have so many walls, unless I'm really close to the router I use 2.4G.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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The mesh devices will try to pick something that works but it will<br>
depend on your end devices, too. The normal extenders tend to slow<br>
things down a lot especially with more than one.<br>
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Any chance you can run a cable to service additional access points?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No, unfortunately not.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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On 2020-06-10 07:19, Jeffrey Layton via Ale wrote:<br>
> Good morning!<br>
> <br>
> I live in an older, large, all brick house where the outside walls are<br>
> thick and there are a fair number of walls I can't move :) My wifi router<br>
> is in the kitchen on the main floor. In the bedrooms upstairs the coverage<br>
> is spotty. My office is in the basement and the signal is OK, but not<br>
> always great.<br>
> <br>
> In the past, in previous homes, I have used something like the following,<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW?th=1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW?th=1</a><br>
> <br>
> It worked fine, but my question is, can you use more than one of these in<br>
> the same house? I was thinking about putting one in the basement near my<br>
> office and one upstairs near the bedrooms. Looking at the answers on line,<br>
> someone says you can, but I've never tried it.<br>
> <br>
> Alternatively, I'm looking at the following:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074F3M2W8/ref=emc_b_5_t" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074F3M2W8/ref=emc_b_5_t</a><br>
> <br>
> To improve wifi coverage upstairs and use one of the little ones in the<br>
> basement near or in my office.<br>
> <br>
> Any comments or recommendations?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks a million!<br>
> <br>
> Jeff<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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