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AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Extender
Hi, I have an Asus ac68u router placed in my basement as close to the stairway I can get it. on the upperfloor I use a couple of year old Netgear extender model WN 3000RPv3 placed as close to t...
What I'd recommend? is the EX7500, ex7700, ex8000.
reason why is they're triband. Standard extenders drop your throughput in half (not just netgears). the reason why is they have to receive and then retransmit using the same wireless chip. and they can't do both at once. So it cuts the speed in half and increases latency.
the triband extenders reserve 1 of the 5ghz chips just for router----extender communication. this greatly increases speed and reduces the latency hit they take. Making them work much better.