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alanch15
Jun 28, 2020Aspirant
wifi extender or booster
hi everyone. I am looking for help picking the correct product. I have an extension on my house and am unable to get a wifi signal in it. I have already run a cat5 cable from my router and fitted a ...
plemans
Jun 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
The EX8000 is a solid device (I have one) but you wouldn't need to go that high end.
A standard dual band extender would work fine being hardwired in. Just make sure it has access point mode.
or even an old router if you have one and run it in access point mode.
You're not using either for any routing functions, that'll run off your primary router.
- alanch15Jun 29, 2020Aspirant
hi Thanks for your advice. I will try this.