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Extending out the wifi to the new Summer house. Nighthawk R7800 and X6S
I have the r7800 connected to the internet modem and then the X6S is in the garage connected via Wifi. I get really good speeds and really pleased.
We have a new summer house and my plan is to connect a good ethernet cable from the X6S to the summer house but I don't know what device to put there.
Welcome reasonably priced suggestions please. No Powerline options - for some reason they didn't work that well with our ring main. BTW my level of knowledge of network protocols is not bad but not great!
Many thanks.
Tony
If it was me? I'd scrap the current setup and switch to a mesh setup.
You'd have the router in the main house, a satellite in the garage, and a satellite in the summer house (hardwired to garage satellite). With the setup, devices would roam automatically.
You could simple add an access point in the summer house if you'd like
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If it was me? I'd scrap the current setup and switch to a mesh setup.
You'd have the router in the main house, a satellite in the garage, and a satellite in the summer house (hardwired to garage satellite). With the setup, devices would roam automatically.
You could simple add an access point in the summer house if you'd like
Sadly you are right but the budget does not allow this but I will work out my upgrade path as I can afford it.
Thanks for your help.
Tony
You might find a decent one used on fleabay/marketplace that would work fine. I'm a fan of the EX7500/EX7700/EX8000 for the AC systems. They're rock solid, fast, and have a dedicated backhaul for when in wireless extender mode and not access point mode. I've seen them pretty cheap used and they work well