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Need to add mesh to Nighthawk X6 - recommendations?
Hello. I purchased the Nighthawk X6 to optimise the WiFi in my house and also apply controls using the Circle app. My issue is that my son has been used to plugging in an Ethernet cable with the extender that my previous WiFi system (Virgin Media) provided, and it is not compatible with the Nighthawk. I have tried a WiFi extender but the response times for his PC gaming are not good enough. So my question: how do I extend the Nighthawk WiFi such that I can get the signal to his bedroom and then have an Ethernet cable from the extender / mesh device into his PC? Is there a recommended Netgear device to connect to the Nighthawk? Thanks in advance!
Are you just adding 1 or more than 1?
If its just one, I'd recommend a triband mesh extender like the ex7700/ex8000
If you're needing more than 1, then I'd look at a full mesh system like orbi
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what extender did you have?
Whats the size of the home?What are the interior walls made of?
What speeds did you get out of the extender?
- The repeater was Rockspace WiFi Repeater - 1200Mbps Dual Band WiFi Booster 5GHz and 2.4GHz, AC1200 WiFi
House walls are brick / plaster
Speeds were around 35 Mbps, which is normally ok but seemingly nowhere near as good as he was getting go the Ethernet cable plugged into the repeater in the previous set up.
I think I need a mesh set up so that I can connect a cable to the mesh device which will connect to the gaming PC. Thanks for any advice you havebrick and plaster lathe are amazing at blocking wifi signals.
A mesh system might help but if the wireless backhaul doesn't have a good connection, its still going to struggle