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Sep 15, 2020

Need extender for long range - Nighthawk AC2600 router

I just moved into a house that has a workshop that is 150 feet from the house. I have a D7800 Nighthawk X4S AC2600 router. What is the best extender to get a signal out to my workshop? I was looki...

plemans

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Sep 16, 2020

https://community.netgear.com/t5/WiFi-Range-Extenders-Nighthawk/Long-Range-Extender-for-Nighthawk/m-p/1977117/highlight/false#M42730

Orbi isnt' a bad option either but its also wifi based so could suffer the same issues posted in the other thread. It does have the option of a wired backhaul. You could bury the cable. You can run ethernet up to 300ft so 150ft shouldn't be an issue and would give you the best performance/stability.