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Need advise on wifi extender
I have Google fiber and use my Nighthawk as my router. I need extenders added due to poor connection at different areas of my house. I have alot of walls that interfere with my connection. Is there s...
Just the normal house walls. Our home is older, but from my understanding our kitchen appliances interfere with the connection. My office is at the front of the house next to the kitchen and the router is at the back of the house.
I was thinking I may only need one. My doorbell and computer tend to have poor connection. Would mesh extenders work with what I currently have or would I have to start with all new products?
Normal house walls as in sheetrock and wood?
Or plaster lathe walls?
When you say normal and older house, it could be anything.
If you're only needing one, then a single extender should work fine.
I'm a fan of the triband extender as they don't take the throughput hit that the single/dual band extenders do.
So they tend to be faster and more stable.
Sheetrock and wood. Thanks for the advice, I will see if I can find the triband extender. Is that the name of it or does it have a specific name?
Sorry for all the questions. I just want to find something and my wifi work like it should.
the triband extenders are the EX7500, EX7700, EX8000
the orbi RBS40V and the RBS50Y also have an etender mode but are a bit more expensive. Every once in a while the RBS40V goes on sale pretty cheap and can be cheaper than the others.