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Best way to wire 2 range extenders?
Okay my question is simple, what is the best way to hard wire 2 range extenders, I have a central rx200 router, that distributes my wifi to my entertainment room and my kitchen. Now I want to add range extenders to reach every corner of my house big house 4000sft. Do i wire my range extenders in a daisy chain fashion, wire one range extender from router and then from there wire another one from that extender? or do I wire the other range extender from the router. I just need a simple answer in terms of what would be the ideal way. I dont want explanations of technical terms i just want to know if the wifi speeds will be better wiring in a certain way? thank you
I have included a very simple diagram of what i mean just in case im not expalining myself.
If it doesnt make a difference then I have already have cat 6 cable under my house in the locations which is easier for me to daisy chain, but if the speed is affected or bandwith is affected or better running it separate extenders by themselves I dont mind running another cat 6 cable under house to have them separate. The way i have cable setup now will save me time and money, but i dont want to sacrifice speed and quality.
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A questions
1. What range extenders do you have or plan on buying?
Best route?
Extender<-----wired------->router<--------wireless------->extender
a hardwired connection is always going to be faster/more reliable than wireless. so I'd run the 1 extender wired then run the other extender directly off the router. You can always wire it in or try it wireless and see how well it functions.
I would never recommend running extenders daisy chained. Reason why?
To keep in simple, every extender in the chain cuts throughput 50% and increases latency. Tri-band extenders mitigate that but they'll still have latency increase and a smaller speed decrease.
