RS700 WIFI coverage issues - extender?

I've used my EAX80 with my RS600 before. 

A few more details might be needed before jumping right to an extender. 

1. what are the interior walls made from?
2. what speeds do you want to achieve? (aka what are you using it for? )
3. What actual issue are you having? I never trust tier 1 support from netgear. A better description of your actual issue would help. 

2500 ft all on one level is a pretty sizeable home. The router might be able to cover it decently if its centrally located. 

Is the router centrally located or at one end of the home? 

And does the extra coverage need the "Wifi 7" speeds? 

Or will it be fine with an extender like the EAX80 or EAX17 (eax17 is pretty solid, I have one and the eax80)

Hi Paul,

I’ve been through something similar in a home of about the same size, and an extender can definitely help—but placement is everything. I ended up using the EX6250v2 in Access Point mode, plugging it into a central outlet about halfway between my router and the farthest room, and my dead spots disappeared. When you do your speed tests, make sure to View site measurements in each room so you can pinpoint exactly where the signal drops off most sharply.

Also remember that extenders work best when they still see a strong signal from your main router; if your RS700 barely registers at the extender’s location, you might actually slow things down. If you find your signal is too weak even halfway, consider a mesh setup or adding a second extender to cover the most remote zones. Good luck!

don't use a EX6250 with the RS700. Even the RS700 with a low signal will be as fast or faster plus have lower latency than adding a 2 generation old dual band access point. 

Are you planning on hardwiring in the access point/extender?

What speeds do you want from the extender/coverage? This is key as you can stream 4k with 25-50mbps. If you're getting 100mbps but only mainly streaming/gaming, adding an extender only adds latency. 

What speeds are you getting in those areas? And in the normal coverage areas?

I ask these because "low signal strength" doesn't tell us a whole lot. You can have a lower signal but still have decent speeds. And your standard single/dual band extenders drop throughput by 50%. Thi happens because they have to use the same chip to go router----extender and then extender----devices and can't do both at once. So determining what speeds you're getting, what you want to get, and why you want that (gaming needs lower latency than streaming video). Helps determine if an extender is a good idea, if adding in a wired AP is, or even returning it and switching to a mesh system like orbi is a better idea. 

Thanks Plemans Guru. I am very disappointed with the RS700. I was going to go with a Ubiquiti system but I thought the RS700 should exceed my needs.

My download speed via WIFI on 5mhz network is 31 mbps and 5 mbps.  This is really bad.  

I am now wondering if I should buy an Access Point (AP) and pull cable if Netgear has a good AP to use?

Thanks for the help

Paul S..

Thanks for the input Louis-12

Did you connect the AP to your RS700 via ethernet cable connection so it was not connected via WIFI?

I am thinking I need an Netgear AP connected to the RS700 via ethernet cable.

Thoughts ?

Thanks,

Paul S