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JohnFW
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Oct 13, 2016
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Extending WiFi in church

(Newbie - First post!) We have an N router in a community hall physically connected to our church building and a tortuous wiring route if extending CAT 5/5E to church. Signal at closest point to chur...
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    JohnFW
    Oct 13, 2016

    Many Thanks! Exactly what I feared...

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netwrks
Master
Oct 13, 2016

Option 2 is the way to go.  Daisy chaining extenders would result in horrible wireless throughput. One wireless extender to a base router already yeilds a 50 % throughput penalty..

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    JohnFW
    Aspirant
    Oct 13, 2016

    Many Thanks! Exactly what I feared...