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Need wireless mesh for 3000 sq. ft. ranch home built in 1950
Looking to purchase a wireless mesh WiFi for a sprawling ranch home. Built in 1950. Having tourble with connectivity because modem in in center of house. Home office is on one side of house and bedrooms are on other side of house. Modem is thru ATT. Which netgear device do you recommend? Thanks.
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What is the interior made of? many homes built in the 50's used plaster lathe construction which was horrible for wifi. It does a very good job blocking it. Other materials do as well (adobe, brick, concrete, metal) If your home is made of those materials, a mesh system based off a wireless backhaul might not help a whole lot. usually people have to run ethernet, use moca adapters (ethernet over coax), or even powerline devices for a backhaul between routers----satellites. It changes what I'd recommend.
You put home size but now how its laid out 3000sq ft all on one level is different than a trilevel home because most routers are omnidirectional and broadcast basically in a sphere.
Also, are you looking for a AX mesh system or AC?
Try plugging your needs into the filters on the product pages:
Wireless Routers for Home | NETGEAR
and
Orbi: Whole Home WiFi System for Better WiFi Everywhere | NETGEAR
Then check back here for reports on the things you are considering, but remember that people turn up in this community with problems, not compliments. So look at reviews on Amazon, for example.
