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Can you use 2 wifi extenders at the same time?
Can you use multiple wifi extenders?
Hello there, I just purchased a Wi-Fi extender 7000 and it works great downstairs but the signal is weak upstairs. My question is if I bought another wifi exten...
Yes, you can use 2 extenders with a few caveats.
- Do not wirelessly connect one extender to another. Performance for the second extender will usually be unsatisfactory. Therefore, each extender should connect to the main router.
- Both extenders should not broadcast the same SSID as the main router. This is the default setting but many people often set up an extender to broadcast the same SSID to avoid programming devices with two separate SSIDs. You won't be able to do this with two extenders because there is a risk of them connecting to each other instead of the main router. This restriction doesn't apply if you are able to wire the extenders to the main router via Ethernet (or Powerline).
I installed the AC1200 and it works great. I need to add another extender at the other end of the house and purchased the AC1900 arriving tomorrow. The AC1200 automatically appended _2G, _5G, _2GEXT and _5GEXT to the primary network name. So, there are 5 networks to choose from. Will I have to configure anything special in order to use both extenders? Will the network names be duplicated automatically or will I be able to distinguish between the AC1200 and AC1900 networks?