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Compatible Wifi extender
I have my router located on level 1 of my house, great coverage generally. Three areas that are intermittant are the ground floor rear of the house and rear garden patio and a Level 1, front of house bedroom. I am looking to add two extenders, one to the rear extension that would cover the rear of house and garden patio and a second to the Front bedroom. Both extenders can be wired back to the AX12 via Cat6a, if necessary.
I have utilised all the ports in the AX12 so looking to purchase a mini switch/ hub to provide more ports for the two extenders, and furture proofing. A member on a previous post suggested Tri-band extenders over Dual band, is this the best option and can anyone suggest the best suitable products?
Thank you,
those devices can be hardwired in and ran as an access point.
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If you're hardwiring in, you can use either single/dual band as well. We usually recommend triband when they're going to be connected over the wireless backhaul. Tribands prevent the 50% throughput loss that single/dual band extenders have when connected back the router via wireless.
But you can always go triband if you have enough devices you want them seperated out.
Appreciate your reply.
The two Tri-band products available, EX8000-100EUS and EX7700-100UKS extenders utilising existng WiFi. Where i propose to install these two units, there is minimum connectivity to existing WiFi (1-2 bars). Is this sufficient for these two units?
Alternatively, I could utilised the EAX800-100EUS providing additional ethernet ports. This is a Dual Band unit over Wireless, but is it possible to uplink via Cat6a?
those devices can be hardwired in and ran as an access point.