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Multiple AC1750 WiFi Mesh Extenders in home
Very simple question;
If I add a second or third AC1750 Mesh Extender to a second and/or third room in my home and walk through with a WiFi connected cell phone, will the system hand off the phone from one extender to the next (presumably based on signal strength) atutomatically, or must I manually select the one I want to be connected to?
- Between the router and extender. You can read into it as you will. I've said my part and explained what you'd need to do to get it to work. I've also recommended going with a mesh setup. Do as you will.
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1.ac1750 is a speed, not a model.
2. If you're needing more than a single extender, a mesh network would be better to move to. Reason why is if you're trying to use the "mesh" single ssid feature of the extenders, they can start connecting to each other and cause issues. if you're adding more than a single extender, you need to seperate out the ssid's fom the additional extenders (unique ssid for each) to prevent this.
The only time you don't need to do this is if the extenders aren't in range of each other.
Thank you fo the response. As you can see I am a novice with these devices.
The model number is EX6250-100NAS. It's an AC1750 dual band WiFi Mesh extender.
I have my cable modem and router in a central location of my house. I need to use the WiFi to stay connected to my cell phone because the coverage inside my house is not very good. I am ok near the router or in most parts of the house, but when I go into my office, the coverage is not very good. I've tried relocating the router but that only sacrifices coverage elsewhere.
So I have looked into these Mesh extenders and purchased the one above. The first thing I noticed was that if I use it on the same WiFi network as the rest of my devices, it works and helps in my office, but it will not hand back to the router if I move out of my office and go to the other end of the house. I almost returned it but thought of just putting the extender onto its own SSID. This works well because it appears that the range that it covers is greater than what the router could cover. I now get good coverage throughout the house.
The reasoni I asked the question though is because I would like to put a couple of Ring cameras outside the house and I wonder whether or not this extender will cover them. If not, I would like to add another extender (or two) to serve that purpose. There is also a balcony just outside that I very often am on with my phone and this area does not give me very good coverage either. So I figure that if I add another extender right near this balcony I can have coverage for my phone there and also be able to put a camera in that location as well.
So, I am wondering whether or not this second extender will take over the cell coverage automatically if I just walk out into its territory, or might I have to reconnect the phone everytime I walk out there and then again when I walk back into the other part of the house.
Thanks for your help.
If you're running multiple extenders, you need unique ssid's for them or again, they connect to each other and don't work right.
If you've got unique ssid's, you'll have to switch the devices from ssid to ssid.
its why if you're needing more than 1 extender, that I recommend going mesh.
How big is your home? You said you're router is centrally located. maybe you'd be better suited towards a router upgrade if the one you have isn't good. you said the extender provides better coverage than the router does.