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WiFi extender for C7000-100NAS
Hello,
My kids are complaining of slow speeds with the Netgear Nighthawk WiFi speeds, and dropped connections. I currently have Cox internet, which supposedly supports 300mbps. Would a Wifi extender help, and which model would be best with the C7000-100NAS?
letenn wrote:Hello,
. Does that mean I have a dead spot? where I'm getting slower connection speeds?
Potentially.
Make sure any of your gaming/streaming devices are on 5ghz. Its much faster, less sensitive to interference.
Put your lower bandwidth devices (ereaders, IoT devices, tablets, etc) on the 2.4ghz.
2300sqft isn't such a large home that you'd NEED an extender if you can optimize placement of the router and which devices are on which band.
but if you can't then a extender is a reasonable choice. Something to keep in mind with extenders is that they're great at adding coverage. Your standard extender (single and dual band) will drop the throughput (speed) of the extender to half speed because it has to send/receive between router---extender and then send/recieve between the extender-----device. And it can't do both at once.
The tribands mitigate this by having a 5ghz chip just for router---extender communication. They tend to be faster and more reliable.
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An extender would only help if your kids are trying to use the wifi in the area in the home that is far from your router it would extend the range.
DarrenM
I would first make sure the router is getting full speed. It'd be pointless to add an extender if the router wasn't getting full speed from cox.
Another thing to check into is that recently cox changed their requirements to only supporting up to 150mbps on docsis 3.0 devices.
See this post: https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/C6300v2-not-support-cox-service/m-p/1962981/highlight/true#M142829
Maybe they haven't done it in your area but its worth checking on.
So what speed do you get hardwired into the C7000?
What speed are you getting over 5ghz?
do you have screen snip of the cable connections page and the modem logs? this lets us check the connection back to the ISP.
also, how big is your home?
And what are the interior walls made of?
Anyone can recommend an extender but first its important to figure out if you need one and if a single extender is really an ideal solution. If you're needing more than 1, sometimes its better to go with a mesh router/satellites.
Hello,
Thanks for the reply. I'll work on those questions and let you know what I find out.
Hello,
Here is what I found out:
I get 86 Mbps down, and 30 Mbps up with my I5 Laptop connected directly to LAN through cable.
I get 185 Mbps down, and 30 Up through my desktop with 5G Wifi. Is that normal for 5G to be faster than Direct connection to LAN?
My house is two story and about 2300 sq ft total. about 1250 sq ft each floor. The router is located in the master bedroom on the second floor. All the gaming consoles having trouble are also on the second floor. The walls are hollow, wood studs/drywall.
I don't know how to pull cable connections page and the modem logs, but I can with instructions.
