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netgear wifi extender question
i have some ewelink wifi switches and they are just about out of the wifi router range. so i got this extender and another extender that is the wn3000rp and one is the wn3000rpv3 models. i can connec...
A couple things.
1. if you set them up with wps, factory reset them and install them using the installation assistant. That could be giving you the no internet
2. Those extenders should never be daisy chained. (daisy chain: router----->extender------>extender). They're the most base model extenders you can buy. Extenders drop throughput 50% of what they receive. So if they're already at the peripheral of your coverage, say getting 40% signal, they cut that signal in half. And thats just for one of them. Add a second one in the chain, and it'll be half of that. So you'll have super low speeds and high latency. all a poor choice for security cameras.
If you're needing more than a single extender, its worth moving to a dedicated mesh system like orbi or MK nighthakw. And I usually recommend moving to the triband versions if you're needing more than one for the dedicated backhaul.
thanks i do not believe i'm doing that i got 2 of them one for the garage and one for down stairs. maybe that is daisy chaining them? do you have a link for that site so i can give it a try. what i want to do is put one in the garage and have those ewelink switches work thru the extenders. if that is possible i can see the switches on my phone and today my phone will control them but tomorrow maybe not. yesterday i could not control them on my phone.
i was under the impression that if i put one in the garage the ewelink switches would see that extender and then the arrows would turn on telling me they are online to the router. maybe i have to hard wire the extender to the network?
i have a network with network hubs in a few spots around the house for my ip cameras, so i can put a network hub in the back garage i do not yet have one there because of the extender and then plug the ip camera and the extend into the network hub and then the ewlink switch might use see the extender and then the extend being hard wired to the network hub send the signal into the house and to the router for me to get a better signal on the ewelink switch?
thanks