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Dual Band Routers - Are They An Improvement?
Hi all
I have been successfully using a WN2000RPT Wireless Extender for a few years now, extending the wireless range in my property to a remote bedroom. However the downside is that when it comes to streaming, it doesn't cut it.
My Broadband speed averages around 78Mbps down and around 19Mbps up. Ethernet-wise I am well able to stream HD movies, Blurays etc along with HD Audio.
However wireless-wise I get constant buffering. I know that there is a minimum 50% loss when extending a wireless setup like mine but I am simply not getting the speed of connection I need to play my movies. Wireless streaming is always a headache, I know that too :-)
So I have been looking at the current crop of Netgear Extenders in particular the EX6200 - would you say this is the best one?
So my router deploys a dual-band wireless setup 2.4ghz & 5ghz. This where I need some advice. When utilising the dual band capabilities of the EX6200 - does it need to pick up both channels? As I have said my bedroom is remote and doubt whether the EX6200 will pick up the 5ghz signal. A 5ghz signal only travels so far does it not?
That said if the EZ6200 receives via 2.4ghz and then I connect my device to the extender via the 5ghz channel, will that work without the 50% throughput-loss?
I am confused as to how these newer extenders work and would appreciate if someone could explain things for me. If I cannot get the 5ghz signal in the first instance will I see any benefit from my existing extender?
Many thanks
I have been successfully using a WN2000RPT Wireless Extender for a few years now, extending the wireless range in my property to a remote bedroom. However the downside is that when it comes to streaming, it doesn't cut it.
My Broadband speed averages around 78Mbps down and around 19Mbps up. Ethernet-wise I am well able to stream HD movies, Blurays etc along with HD Audio.
However wireless-wise I get constant buffering. I know that there is a minimum 50% loss when extending a wireless setup like mine but I am simply not getting the speed of connection I need to play my movies. Wireless streaming is always a headache, I know that too :-)
So I have been looking at the current crop of Netgear Extenders in particular the EX6200 - would you say this is the best one?
So my router deploys a dual-band wireless setup 2.4ghz & 5ghz. This where I need some advice. When utilising the dual band capabilities of the EX6200 - does it need to pick up both channels? As I have said my bedroom is remote and doubt whether the EX6200 will pick up the 5ghz signal. A 5ghz signal only travels so far does it not?
That said if the EZ6200 receives via 2.4ghz and then I connect my device to the extender via the 5ghz channel, will that work without the 50% throughput-loss?
I am confused as to how these newer extenders work and would appreciate if someone could explain things for me. If I cannot get the 5ghz signal in the first instance will I see any benefit from my existing extender?
Many thanks
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- Wireless performance on repeat , extender are generally the same so going different model will behave similar.
EX6200 is 802.11AC so if you have R6xx or R7xx models you can get more bandwidth on wireless but also remember the streaming the video internet is limited your broadband speed.
Changing to 802.11AC setup does not make any faster if your internet is ex. 50Mbps - Thank you but you have missed the point of my post. The clue was in the Subject.
I need to know if I am going to loss 50% bancwidth before I start? Then how to set it up to gain more bandwidth compared with existing WN2000RPT. Then how to set it up to gain more bandwidth compared with existing WN2000RPT.
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WN2000RPT is 300Mbps for LAN transfer so if you need more that that you will need 802.11ac router and extender ex6200 to get the fastest LAN speed you can achieve.
This will be only good if you are need LAN to LAN transfer streaming, file transfer otherwise unless you have super fast internet broadband speed I don't see the changes will makes any betterMy Broadband speed averages around 78Mbps down and around 19Mbps up.
existing setup should do just fine ..- I am talking about the usual 50% loss when extending a wireless setup. Dual band routers don't suffer from this, correct? This is the whole point of my post - how to setup so not to lose this bandwidth.
Someone else please? - Result is same.
If you want better performance use power line device or run the cables.
Buy new extender will not make any changes - So you are saying Dual Band Extenders, making use of two channels rather than one are no better than a single band Extenders for example the WN2000RPT?
That sounds an incredible statement to me! - You can only use single band with wifi device
Makes no difference other than you get to choose which band
Off course with 802.11ac uou have to use 5Ghz but still looses performance plus less than 100Mbps Internet current or new extender makes no difference
If Yiu want better perfomavr use power line to run cat5e/6 cable - I'm no expert but yes you can make use of both bands, not at the same time, but the whole point of dual band extenders is so the sending and receiving of packets does not cause the normal 50% loss you incurr and which I am incurring with my single band extender.
- Is your question about dual band routers or dual band extenders - and you might want to look at the subject of your thread before responding to that question.
Like June has said, all a dual band router will do is allow you a choice of bands, nothing more.
On the other hand, dual band extenders, IF (not all do) they allow one band to be used for backhaul and the other for client connections, will allow use with the 50% degradation normally associated with extenders. - My sincere apologies for the confusion, caused as you say by an incorrect Subject Title. I have corrected this.
So can I again ask how these Dual-Band Extenders work. For example: if I connect the router to the extender using the 5ghz band and then either connect the device (a PS3) via ethernet to the extender or via wifi using the 2.4ghz band will either of these methods be better than what I get at the moment with my single band Extender? If so which method of connection would better?
