Best Range Extender for Stable Gaming Setup?

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Hi everyone,I’ve been facing some issues with Wi-Fi connectivity in my gaming setup, especially in a room that’s a bit far from the router. I recently upgraded to the Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 Gaming Laptop, and while it’s been an amazing machine for performance, I noticed lag spikes during online gaming sessions due to inconsistent Wi-Fi signals.I’m considering getting a range extender to resolve this issue. Can anyone recommend a reliable Netgear extender that works well for gaming? I’m looking for something that provides low latency and stable speeds, especially since I often play competitive titles.Also, does anyone have tips on setting up the extender for the best possible performance? I’m open to suggestions on placement or configuration settings to minimize interference.Thanks in advance for your help! Looking forward to hearing your experiences.&nbsp;netgear community members ,community members, I hope you can provide helpful answers and assist me with this issue.

plemans · Answer

Extenders are going to add latency.&nbsp;
Your best bets in order of performance for latency:
1. run an ethernet wire. could be cheaper to do than getting an extender
2. Moca adapters (ethernet over coax). These work solid and are low latency
3. Powerline adapters. they're pretty low latency as well but can have issues in specific homes that have powerline interfrence
5. Move the router close to reduce interference. Or try different wifi channels without interference (and avoid dfs channels)
4. then its extenders. If you're looking for an extender and want lower latency, tribands are the best and hardwiring your PC to the extender (but still having your extender close enough to the router it gets a good signal). Extenders aren't the best thing if you're worried about latency with gaming. they're probably the last thing I'd recommend. STreaming/messing around, they're fine.&nbsp;
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