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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 exte...
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.
Hello,
Good Call. When my wife got home, I used her newer laptop. It immediately jumped to 280Mbps through the Cox Speed Test. I tested The SpeedTest by Ookla, it was closer to 300 Mbps. That's pretty impressive. Does that mean I have a dead spot? where I'm getting slower connection speeds?
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.