I have a Netgear AC3000 Model R7900 I live in a 2500 sq ft home-single level The router is in the back third of the home I need an extender so I can reach all areas I’ve tried all 3 bands ; 2.4 , 5.1, and 5.2 I’d like something that will cover whole house without diminishing download speeds. Thanks
Model: EX8000|AC3000 Nighthawk X6S Tri Band WiFi Mesh Extender
An extender by the very function of how it works, will diminish speeds. To what extent though is the point.
A standard dual band extend will cut its throughput in roughly half. reason why is that the extender has to recieve and then retransmit. and it can't do both at once.
A triband extender will loose some speed but not nearly as much because it reserves a 5ghz band just for router--extender communication. This keeps your speed up. But it still takes a little bit of hit.
I'd be at minimum looking at the tribands with your home size. its fairly large for a single level.
If you're needing more than 1 extender, I'd actually be looking at moving to a true mesh system and not an extender mesh system.
