Need Extender for Net Gear Nighthawk D7000

[Kallippide]

I am looking for a Range Extender for my Night Hawk D7000. It is old, but I don't have any problems with using it in my 1200 sq ft home. However, I don't have a very good signal on my back porch if I want to use my iPad or Mac. I have an Xfinity Arris TM822G Modem. Normally, there might be one TV on. No gaming. I do have Alexa and Ring. 

Thank you for your expertise.

[plemans · Accepted solution]

In easy terms, it combines the router and extender SSID into one. It's great if you only need one extender. If you're needing more than 1 it's better to move to a full mesh system and not extender based one.

[plemans]

You didn't really give us much to go off for what you need. 

I'd recommend at least a dual band extender that matches your router. 

You can go go netgears extenders page and sort/filter what specs you'd like or need. 

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/range-extenders/

[Kallippide]

Thank you for your reply. I’ll follow the link to see what is compatible with my D7000.

[plemans]

they should all be compatible. But its nice to have one that supports the same router specs. 

Mesh is also nice as then you don't have to manage seperate networks. 

(I'm also partial to tribands but they're a bit more expensive)

[Kallippide]

Thank you for your thoughts on this. I think I need to read about “mesh” now because I keep seeing that on some of the different models of extenders.

[plemans · Accepted solution]

In easy terms, it combines the router and extender SSID into one. It's great if you only need one extender. If you're needing more than 1 it's better to move to a full mesh system and not extender based one.

[Kallippide]

Based on what I've read so far and what you said, I only need an extender and not a mesh one. I'm neither dealing with a large square footage area nor multiple computers, TVs, etc. all running at the same time. Thank you!

[plemans]

Sounds like a good solution and wise choice to get what you need versus "the latest/greatest"

Hope it works well for you!