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zhcamy
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Nov 02, 2021

RAX70 router and double EX7700 extender setting up

My house is a long flat with 27 meters long.

The router is set up in the garage, one side of the house.

I have two extender, one is in the middle place and the other one is further down to the other end.

The wireless device keeps dropping off from the wifi system. 
And the extender is also unstable - sometimes show up in the network map and sometimes dismiss.

How should I solve this problem?

Shall I invest in a mesh system instead of two extenders?

Thanks

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Nov 02, 2021

    You should move the router. 

    Daisy chaining extenders is a recipe for issues. I usually recommend people move to a full mesh system when they're needing more than 1 extender. 

    but I'd do my best to move your router to the middle of the home. Garage's aren't a good location as the wall between the garage/home tends to be thicker, have insulation, and potentially other blocking materials. meaning the extenders connection to to the router tends to be worse/unstable. 

    Try for a star configuration:

    Star: extender<---------router-------->extender

    not the daisy chain you have

    daisy: router------->extender------>extender