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mrekimf
Apr 02, 2019Apprentice
XR500 vs R7000
I currently own the R7000, been having issues lately with it disconnecting my internet and I have to restart it. Its about 3years old.
So leaning towards buying XR500.
Just trying to figure out i...
mrekimf
Apr 02, 2019Apprentice
So would the XR450, have better wifi range than the R7000 i own now? With the R7000 once I go out my back porch I loose signal, which is on opposite side of house as to where the router is and approx 50-60ft away through a couple walls.
Netduma_Jack
Apr 03, 2019NetDuma Partner
It's more powerful hardware, so wireless speeds over range should be higher in theory. But that doesn't necessarily guarantee it will be an improvement, it's very environment dependent.