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Looking For Wifi Extender Recommendation To Replace WN2500RP
currently using a Netgear WN2500RP to extend wifi in my home and it does a pretty good job. but because of the design and layout of the house the farthest room from the router and extender has minima...
What router (manufacturer and model) are you using? If you have a newer dual-band router with 802.11ac, it would make sense to get an extender with similar capability/speed.
A model with external antennas might have more reach, but you might need to go with multiple extenders. One of the "mesh extender" models would make sense then, since it is intended for that. One caveat is that the mesh extender features are pretty new, and there are issues being reported here with the current firmware. Though I believe Netgear will resolve those (hopefully soon).
One option (though more expensive than adding or replacing an extender) is to use an Orbi system to get whole-house coverage.