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Can you use 2 wifi extenders at the same time?
Can you use multiple wifi extenders?
Hello there, I just purchased a Wi-Fi extender 7000 and it works great downstairs but the signal is weak upstairs. My question is if I bought another wifi exten...
Yes, you can use 2 extenders with a few caveats.
- Do not wirelessly connect one extender to another. Performance for the second extender will usually be unsatisfactory. Therefore, each extender should connect to the main router.
- Both extenders should not broadcast the same SSID as the main router. This is the default setting but many people often set up an extender to broadcast the same SSID to avoid programming devices with two separate SSIDs. You won't be able to do this with two extenders because there is a risk of them connecting to each other instead of the main router. This restriction doesn't apply if you are able to wire the extenders to the main router via Ethernet (or Powerline).
I have the ex 7000. Can I add the ex 8000 and use the same name on both? Thanks.
Yes the ex8000 will allow you to use the same SSID.
DarrenM
- I have ac1700 router upstairs and ex6200 downstairs. But on the other side of the house (downstairs) have a very weak signal. Can I add another ex6200 to my ac1700 router (2 ex6200) connect wirelessly to ac1700 upstairs?
Kennykcheng wrote:
I have ac1700 router upstairs and ex6200 downstairs. But on the other side of the house (downstairs) have a very weak signal. Can I add another ex6200 to my ac1700 router (2 ex6200) connect wirelessly to ac1700 upstairs?Yes, you can connect another extender to the ac1700 router. You do need to find a spot that is part way between the ac1700 and area with weak coverage. Try moving the ex6200 to such spots, and see how well it works before you get a second extender.
I have two EX7500
I need to connect them in the configuration Router--EX7500--EX7500 because my router is at the very front of my house therefore i need to create a chain of two extenders to cover the entire home
Questions:
1) given the EX7500 support MESH connectivity, is it possible to connect two extenders without loosing too much speed?
2) can both extenders keep the SSID of the routers?
3) how to i actually connect the two extenders? do i press the WPS bottons on both at the same time?
thank you
