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SolomonMan
Oct 07, 2021Tutor
R6300V2 now considering Extenders
All, Sorry for being long winded...but please read on... I am out in the sticks (Rural Ohio) and get 15 Mbps down / 2 Mbps upload by microwave from "local" grain elevators. The closest elevator ...
- Oct 08, 2021
Good luck! I hope it covers all your needs!
I've got an RBK43 kit (plus others) and it worked great for me when I was using it.
plemans
Oct 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
You've asked a lot of questions. Lets go over a couple things.
Extenders are a great idea. But in your case I wouldn't recommend them. There's a couple reasons why.
- You're already starting from a low starting threshold of 15mbps. A single/dual band extender drops speeds 50% of what it receives. So ifs in a spots thats only picking up 10mbps from the original 15mbps, its only going to be putting out 5mbps. This happens because single/dual band extenders have to use the same chip to go router-----extender and then extender----devices. And they can't do both at once. If you were starting at a speed poing of 100mbps, its a little different because you have some room to lose throughput and still have enough bandwidth to do what needs doing
- you're needing multiple extenders. whenever people are needing more than 1 extender, I usually recommend picking up a mesh system versus trying to piece together either a bunch of extenders that have different ssids or going with mesh extenders that might not be connecting right because there's more than 1. When you have an actual mesh system like orbi, you have a router controlling the system as well as you have a single ssid so you can roam throughout the home and not have to constantly switch networks.
I'd recommend looking at the triband Orbi setups. Reason why is the tribands have a dedicated wireless backhaul between the routers/satellites that also supports wired backhaul. meaning it doesn't take that 50% throughput hit. When you're already starting at a low speed, ever mbps that you can preserve is going to help. You don't need a top of the line mesh system but you'd want one with the triband. You could go with a dual band but in that case I'd highly recommend hardwiring in the satellites to preserve those speeds.
Amazon has been having a lot of newed RBK43 systems lately. That'd provide a router and 2x satellites for around the same prices as 2x extenders.
- SolomonManOct 07, 2021Tutor
PLEMANS,
Thanks for the response!
I see RBK43-200NAR (Renewed) all over the place online.
Are these the units you are referring? Or is there another?
If it so, that is in the budget, and if necessary I could run a cable to downstairs (Laundry/hall/first floor). The upstairs could be done as well a little more difficult but possible.
I have wired 2 houses completely the last had a 24 port gigabit switch (full-livingroom was a long 27 foot room and it had 6 ports) and a wifi that covered a very large area outside in the suburbs. Hosted a lot a LAN parties in those days. My sister is in the place today and uses the network even today for LAN parties.
This new house would be very simple to wire but I am waiting for the furnace project (already bought but probably will not be done till next year - Fall) to drop the lines from the upstairs to downstairs area. It will be much simpler at that point. Looking this Mesh system over it looks like I could use it in my future plans as well.
Thanks,
Chris
- plemansOct 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
SolomonMan wrote:
PLEMANS,
Thanks for the response!
I see RBK43-200NAR (Renewed) all over the place online.
Are these the units you are referring? Or is there another?
If it so, that is in the budget, and if necessary I could run a cable to downstairs (Laundry/hall/first floor). The upstairs could be done as well a little more difficult but possible.---You wouldn't need to with the rbk43 kit. its a triband so has the dedicated wireless backhaul. I was just referring to using a wired backhaul if you bought a dual band kit.
I have wired 2 houses completely the last had a 24 port gigabit switch (full-livingroom was a long 27 foot room and it had 6 ports) and a wifi that covered a very large area outside in the suburbs. Hosted a lot a LAN parties in those days. My sister is in the place today and uses the network even today for LAN parties.
This new house would be very simple to wire but I am waiting for the furnace project (already bought but probably will not be done till next year - Fall) to drop the lines from the upstairs to downstairs area. It will be much simpler at that point. Looking this Mesh system over it looks like I could use it in my future plans as well.---For the speeds you're on, a solid AC mesh system like the rbk43 should more than cover your speeds. I've used it on a gigabit setup and while it can't max out gigabit (wireless AC won't) it more than cleared 250mbps in my home.
Thanks,
Chris
- SolomonManOct 08, 2021Tutor
PLemans/All,
Ordered the RBK43-200NAR this evening and it should be to me by Sunday.
I also picked up a 4 foot power bar to help clean up power connections to the Router Area.
I never mentioned next to the router is an older Commercial Western Digital NAS (4TB). It was an old work one that was updated to a much larger unit. Also there is a chinese camera system also on the network. Both are direct connects to the router. The cameras are WIFI but the main unit is a direct connect to the router. There is also a Magic Jack and a UPS in the router area.
I will probably install everything either Sunday evening or Monday after work. I will update the results.
Thanks Plemans!
Chris