[ale] Wifi extenders?

[Jeffrey Layton]

In-line below.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 2:35 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> What band are you using now for your WiFi?  2.4GHz or 5GHz?
>

Ah - good question that I forgot to mention. I have both 2.4G and 5G. I
have so many walls, unless I'm really close to the router I use 2.4G.


> The mesh devices will try to pick something that works but it will
> depend on your end devices, too.  The normal extenders tend to slow
> things down a lot especially with more than one.
>
> Any chance you can run a cable to service additional access points?
>

No, unfortunately not.

Thanks!

Jeff



> On 2020-06-10 07:19, Jeffrey Layton via Ale wrote:
> > Good morning!
> >
> > I live in an older, large, all brick house where the outside walls are
> > thick and there are a fair number of walls I can't move :)  My wifi
> router
> > is in the kitchen on the main floor. In the bedrooms upstairs the
> coverage
> > is spotty. My office is in the basement and the signal is OK, but not
> > always great.
> >
> > In the past, in previous homes, I have used something like the following,
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW?th=1
> >
> > It worked fine, but my question is, can you use more than one of these in
> > the same house? I was thinking about putting one in the basement near my
> > office and one upstairs near the bedrooms. Looking at the answers on
> line,
> > someone says you can, but I've never tried it.
> >
> > Alternatively, I'm looking at the following:
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074F3M2W8/ref=emc_b_5_t
> >
> > To improve wifi coverage upstairs and use one of the little ones in the
> > basement near or in my office.
> >
> > Any comments or recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks a million!
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
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