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SarahJM64
May 23, 2020Follower
EX8000
I am looking at buying the Netgear Nightawk Mesh X6S Tri-band wifi range extender model EX8000 to get coverage in my garden which is set back from the house by about 180-200 feet. I cannot find a...
plemans
May 24, 2020Guru - Experienced User
there's not hard rules as many things impact it.
I would say 180-200 ft is quite far and potentially to far.
I've tested it at my place with a line of site but my speeds were maybe 10mbps when I'm running gigabit in my home.
And again things can influence this like wireless interference, objects in the way, or even leaves could block signal at that distance.
If you need that far, you could always bury a cable that far and use something like netgears Airbridge device.
It works over POE (power over ethernet) and has access point mode. And its outdoor rated.