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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?

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

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!

michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 28, 2021
JS2989 wrote:

for the new place was thinking about the EX8000.

suggestions welcome!

Sounds like shooting in the dark. Start with what you want to do rather than ideas about equipment.

Try plugging your needs into the filters on the product pages:

Wireless Routers for Home | NETGEAR

WiFi Range Extenders: Boost Your WiFi Range | NETGEAR

and

Orbi: Whole Home WiFi System for Better WiFi Everywhere | NETGEAR

Then check back here for reports on the things you are considering, but remember that people turn up in this community with problems, not compliments. So look at reviews on Amazon, for example.