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Home wireless - mesh or wifi extender
Hi, I am looking to get guidance on the best approach to solving my wifi issues. I have a firewall, router and wireless accesspoint in my house/homeoffice but the coverage throughout the house i...
I'd go for the orbi products.
Reason is multiple.
1. they have the wireless backhaul AND can use a wired backhaul. it gives you many options for setup
2. you can add satellites as needed for additional coverage
3. it'll work with your firewall (might need to run Orbi in access point mode)
Orbi is designed to be a mesh system. The extenders are nice but I don't recommend them if you think you'll need more than 1 extender. Then its better to go with a designed mesh system and not cobble one together.