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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).
Dalton89 wrote:
Ok so if I connect them both to the main router then how does that make the signal reach further?
You put the router in a central location and the extenders on opposite sides of the router.
Wouldn't one have to be hooked up to the main one and extended to the proper length away and then the second one hooked to the first one that is hooked into the main one that is sending the signal out?
While this is technically feasible, each extender cuts Wi-Fi speeds in half. Going through two extenders cuts speeds by a whopping 75%. That's a pretty heavy penalty.
I'm not sure I understand because the booster I have is and has to be completely wireless. So here is the situation.... My kid lives across the street and a house over and we're sharing wifi (and the bill of course lol) and I bought the first booster and set it up at the best length away from the main router and he gets wifi not but only in the bathroom and the closest room to the street and only at half signal. So if I buy another one can I wirelessly connect them in the order of the main one then the first booster into that and then the 2nd booster into the first booster to maximize the signals reach? And without slowing the speed?
As mentioned above, this is possible but not without slowing the speed. Using a consumer grade range extender, which broadcasts a signal omnidirectionally, is not the right tool for getting Wi-Fi to your kid's place. A directional, point-to-point wireless bridge will be much faster and more reliable.
Netgear doesn't sell that kind of equipment. You'll need to look elsewhere. A couple of Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco units is one option, one in your house and one across the street. The one in your house would need to be wired to your router, which may not be a feasible solution for you.
I’m confused about this sorry. So I have a ex7000 already and am so happy that I’ve just ordered 2 more. 1 of them will connect direct to the main home router like my original one, and I was going to connect the other one to my summer house for garden Internet. Is it only the summerhouse extender which is reduced by 75% i.e 300mbps to 75mbps?