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New Home Network Idea
My C6250/AC1600 Modem Router combo is working great in my current home (One level home). I am moving to a townhouse (2 levels, approx 2000 sq.ft); wants to have a seamless Wi Fi connection throught out my house.
Can I use my current AC1600 Modem router combo to create a Mesh network?
I would recommend the tri-band extenders.
Reason why is that standard extenders have to recieve and then rebroadcast a signal. And they can't do both at once. So their throughput (speed) is cut in half from the very start. And thats based off whatever throughput their getting in the location you set them. The standard extenders work great if you have a device that doesn't need that great of a connection but it currently has none. but if you're going to be using it for streaming/surfing/gaming/etc, then I'd recommend buying a triband.
The tribands have a 2nd 5ghz radio just for router-----extender communication. so they have much better speed because of that dedicated backhaul.
Any of the 3 tribands that netgear offers would work.
If you don't go the router of the tribands, any of the others you mentioned would work. I just wanted to give you an expectation of how they'd perform.
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You could add a mesh extender. It uses the same ssid as the router. they work great when you've got 1. If you need more than 1, its better to switch a full mesh system like orbi and not just a mesh extender.
plemans wrote:You could add a mesh extender. It uses the same ssid as the router. they work great when you've got 1. If you need more than 1, its better to switch a full mesh system like orbi and not just a mesh extender.
Thanks, plemans for the idea. The question is will a mesh extender connect with my C6250/AC1600 Modem Router combo? any suggestions on which Nighthawk mesh extender is good, I was thinking of ex6250 or ex6100?
I would recommend the tri-band extenders.
Reason why is that standard extenders have to recieve and then rebroadcast a signal. And they can't do both at once. So their throughput (speed) is cut in half from the very start. And thats based off whatever throughput their getting in the location you set them. The standard extenders work great if you have a device that doesn't need that great of a connection but it currently has none. but if you're going to be using it for streaming/surfing/gaming/etc, then I'd recommend buying a triband.
The tribands have a 2nd 5ghz radio just for router-----extender communication. so they have much better speed because of that dedicated backhaul.
Any of the 3 tribands that netgear offers would work.
If you don't go the router of the tribands, any of the others you mentioned would work. I just wanted to give you an expectation of how they'd perform.