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kfall
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Dec 04, 2015
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WiFi Extenders

I have a small business (6 computers) in which I setup the AC1450 Wi-Fi router. It works great and I have no issues EXCEPT there are a couple of computers that are behind a block wall and the signal ...
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  • nhann's avatar
    nhann
    Dec 08, 2015

    Hi kfall,

     

    If the rooms are in the same electrical circuit, consider Powerline:

    http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/

     

    Powerline setups:

    Router---wire--Powerline(1a)---outlet room 1 ..... outlet room 2---Powerline(1b)---wire/WiFi---device

     

    Here are some sample setups of Extender:

    Router---wire---Extender - - - devices

    Router - - WiFi - - Extender - - - devices - this method reduces the bandwidth by extending the router's signal through WiFi

     

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nhann
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 08, 2015

Hi kfall,

 

If the rooms are in the same electrical circuit, consider Powerline:

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/

 

Powerline setups:

Router---wire--Powerline(1a)---outlet room 1 ..... outlet room 2---Powerline(1b)---wire/WiFi---device

 

Here are some sample setups of Extender:

Router---wire---Extender - - - devices

Router - - WiFi - - Extender - - - devices - this method reduces the bandwidth by extending the router's signal through WiFi

 

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kfall
Aspirant
Dec 15, 2015

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunatley they are not on the same circuit and now that I understand about bandwidth being less with the extenders I have decided to go another route - probably cables