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GreenPeter's avatar
Feb 12, 2016
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WiFi Extension to R7000

Hi - I have recently installed a Nighthawk R7000, but it needs a range extension to get to some parts of the house. The R7000 is AC1900 rated. I'm thinking of buying the EX6150 range extender, which...
  • netwrks's avatar
    Feb 12, 2016

    Should work, and as you mentioned, slower - but 50% slower, because of the nature extender's, they are penalized to about 50% loss of throughput. I would suggest buyng a router that can run in Access Point mode, with direct etehrnet connection, back to your base router, or, look at connecting the router and AP with ethernet powerline products.