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msmgshbg
Sep 08, 2020Aspirant
Best extender for C6250?
As we are moving into full on work/school from home mode my house is looking to strengthen our wifi so we can all be on video calls successfully. We are considering getting an extender, but unsure of...
plemans
Sep 08, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I'd recommend the tri-band line of extenders. These include the EX7500, EX7700, EX8000. 2 of the orbi satellites can also act as triband extenders. That'd be the RBS40V and the RBS50Y.
Reason why is they reserve 1 of their 2x 5ghz bands just for router---extender communication. This makes them faster than standard extenders as the standard ones take a 50% throughput hit just based off how they funciton.
msmgshbg
Sep 08, 2020Aspirant
Thanks !