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Multpiple Extenders with EX2700
Good day people
A quick question please. I have a fibre connection at home running of the carriers router (Think it's linksys, not at home right now). I have connected a EX2700 range extender t...
HI Stephen
Thank you for your reply. Ethernet is not an option purely because of unsightly wiring. It's hard to explain, but if you saw the layout of my house you would understand why I'm trying to keep it wireless. Initially I wasn't present when the cable company installed the fibre connection to the house, and to avoid a house full of cable, I installed in a room to the closest outside box. So if running cable is my only option, I'd rather take the smaller telephone cable and move the fibre router than running ethernet cable.
But to come back to single band. Is there a dual band option available that would be capable and compatible with both the router and the EX2700?
Lemmerp wrote:
Ethernet is not an option .
I wasn't suggesting that you run new ethernet cables. Powerline networking uses the existing power lines in your home.
You said earlier that you needed to connect the extender to the set top box with ethernet. I was assuming that you need to do that in the new area you want to cover also. But I didn't know if you also wanted wifi there. Some Netgear powerline products do extend both wifi and ethernet (like the EX2700 does, except the router link is carried over your house wiring), but you can get others that only extend ethernet if you don't want WiFi in the new area
Lemmerp wrote:
But to come back to single band. Is there a dual band option available that would be capable and compatible with both the router and the EX2700?
Well, a dual or triband extender is compatible with a single band router. But there might not be much (or any) performance benefit. What router do you use (manufacturer and model).
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Again, thank you for the response.
Bit of an oath when it comes to this stuff, been out the computer business for many years now and haven't kept track of it.
Anyway, so been chatting to someone who has locally and I believe that the powerline option here works, but is extremely unstable and not reliable as well. Just in case I didn't mention it, I'm from South Africa.
Anyway, my Fibre Router is a Asus Wireless N Router. To that I currently have the EX2700 connected about half way through the house and is working great. I'm going to try the WN3000RP and see how it works, it's no cost to me right now, only if it works I'll purchase it from the family member. I'll be sure to pop back should it not work for more advise OR to report success.
Lemmerp wrote:
Anyway, so been chatting to someone who has locally and I believe that the powerline option here works, but is extremely unstable and not reliable as well. Just in case I didn't mention it, I'm from South Africa.
The region doesn't matter as long as you get the right version for your power sockets. What does matter are the details of your house wiring and circuit loading. For instance, if you have two circuit breaker boxes the performance will often be poor if your outlet pair spans the two boxes. Also, if a circuit is heavily loaded, then noise on the powerline can reduce performance.
I've played with this a bit in my own home (though I currently use Orbi, which gives me great wifi throughout my house). Powerline generally works ok for me, but there are some outlet pairs that are troublesome. In my case it was possible to avoid them (using nearby outlets instead).
Lemmerp wrote:
I'm going to try the WN3000RP and see how it works, it's no cost to me right now, only if it works I'll purchase it from the family member.
Sure, why not try it?
Lemmerp wrote:
Anyway, my Fibre Router is a Asus Wireless N Router.
That is good to know. That is a bit dated (a new router would use 802.11ac, not 802.11n).
Do you know if it is dual-band (both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz)?