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JS2989's avatar
JS2989
Aspirant
Mar 26, 2021

powerline adapter v extender

I"m moving to a larger house and dont know if it's better to get a powerline adapter and attach a router to it (does that work) or to get an extender. Thoughts?

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 27, 2021

    You didn't exactly give us much to go off. 

    How big is the home you're moving to? 

    What are the interior walls made? (certain materials block wifi better than others)

    How old is the home? (older wiring can have issues with powerline)

    What are your goals? Are you trying to provide more coverage? trying to just centrally locate the router? 

    What exactly is going on so you are attempting this. 

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 28, 2021

    As plemans says, your message amounts to "how long is a piece of string?".

     

    As well as their questions, you could also add say something about the equipment you have now.

    • JS2989's avatar
      JS2989
      Aspirant
      Mar 28, 2021

      The house is about 4500sf across 3 levels. I need good connectivity on all three levels for two home offices and two middle schoolers w remote schooling, as well as a need for zwift. I don't know what the walls are like bc I don't close on the house until tomorrow. The house was built in 2008. 
      I recently bought an nightwahwk X6 R8000 router. 

      I also have an EX7300 (v1... bought more than 4 years ago). It seems to work ok in my current house but I can't figure out if it can have the same name as the router instead of haviing the _EXT added. 

      for the new place was thinking about the EX8000.

       

      suggestions welcome!