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natey729
Jun 18, 2021Tutor
wifi extender in apartment building
I am told that I need a wifi range extender to cure the fact that I have a weak signal on my Amazon Fire TV Stick connected to my television set. I have found two of your products that seem to be wh...
plemans
Jun 20, 2021Guru - Experienced User
How big is the apartment?
Reason I ask is that most decent routers will cover decently unless you have walls of stone/brick/concrete/adobe/plaster lathe.
And extender by the very nature of how they work (single/dual band) drop throughput 50%.
So if you're apartment isn't to large and isn't make from materials that block wifi, you'll see better results with optimizing placement of the router and maybe a decent router.
natey729
Jun 21, 2021Tutor
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I do really thank you for your time. I tend to ask too many questions when I do not have all the information I think I need - all to a fault. I have decided to buy the AC 1200 EX 6120 extender.
It wil either work or not. If it does, great. If not, I'll return it.
Thanks, again.