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Netgear Nighthawk X6 (R8000)
Currently I have a Netgear R7500 router located in my bed room (wired with Ethernet). When there’re 3 iPhones, 3 iPads and a laptop in the living room connected wireless with the router at the same time, the Wi-Fi connection will drop off occasionally. The living room is about 40 ft. away from the bed room and the distance is in L shape with concrete-wall rooms in-between. I’ve tried to use a range extender (Linksys RE4100W) but it doesn’t seem to help.
I’m not sure if replacing the current router with Netgear R8000 will provide stronger W-Fi connection as there’re conflicting comments in the reviews that I’ve read. Can someone offer your insights to improve (may not be able to solve) the problem I encountered? Or any other suggestions (e.g. add a second router etc.)? Thanks very much.
See repeater nor extender may improve but only to certain extend.
The possible solution i believe is that get a nano if not Gigabyte powerline adaptors in the room when signals are week. Use the existing repeater to extend the signal through powerline .
This way you will get best signal and also close to 100Mb/s speed or atleast 50Mb/s which is decent enough unless your ISP speed is not more than 200 Mb/s
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See repeater nor extender may improve but only to certain extend.
The possible solution i believe is that get a nano if not Gigabyte powerline adaptors in the room when signals are week. Use the existing repeater to extend the signal through powerline .
This way you will get best signal and also close to 100Mb/s speed or atleast 50Mb/s which is decent enough unless your ISP speed is not more than 200 Mb/s