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Vowed never to buy netgear again a long time ago can't see this changing anything.
If I was going to spend that sort of money trying to get the remaining 15% coverage in my old heavy walled house I'd spend the money in the unifi kit, maybe 3 ap and the small Poe switch.
If I was going to spend that sort of money trying to get the remaining 15% coverage in my old heavy walled house I'd spend the money in the unifi kit, maybe 3 ap and the small Poe switch.
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Essentially I've never really had a good experience with Netgear, their support/CS is terrible too. Hence the negative stance.
A better solution for that sort of cash would be the unifi kit from Ubiquiti which is getting a lot of praise right now - https://www.ubnt.com/enterprise/#unifi:hardware
Maybe 2 or 3 of the AP Lite dual band access points (£80/ea), plus their 8 port switch with 4 Power over Ethernet sockets (£135). Plus a reel of Cat5e, plugs and crimper.
Bit of extra effort to drill and run cable but would be a far superior option for that sort of cash.
Alternatively if that work doesn't appeal then you could pretty much fill your house with dual band TP-Link extenders for that sort of money TP-LINK RE450 (£50/ea). Or if you only have the 1 dead spot the AV1200 dual band powerline TL-WPA8630 KIT (£110)
A better solution for that sort of cash would be the unifi kit from Ubiquiti which is getting a lot of praise right now - https://www.ubnt.com/enterprise/#unifi:hardware
Maybe 2 or 3 of the AP Lite dual band access points (£80/ea), plus their 8 port switch with 4 Power over Ethernet sockets (£135). Plus a reel of Cat5e, plugs and crimper.
Bit of extra effort to drill and run cable but would be a far superior option for that sort of cash.
Alternatively if that work doesn't appeal then you could pretty much fill your house with dual band TP-Link extenders for that sort of money TP-LINK RE450 (£50/ea). Or if you only have the 1 dead spot the AV1200 dual band powerline TL-WPA8630 KIT (£110)
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Great suggestion, I would second this.
If you want better Wifi, you usually need more Access Points.
I have two in a 3 bed semi and even when I walk to the end of the garden, I still have -70dbm
My cousin owns a 16 bed hotel in Devon and their IT contractor uses the Unifi AP's all over.
I stayed there a few weeks back and although the internet connection itself is not great, the Wifi coverage is excellent.
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Technically that's all an Orbi is.
The only problem with extenders is that they need to sit within a good signal spot of the router, then boost it on so typically you need a couple. Or use the powerlines so you can just whack it out in the middle of the deadspot and use the power cables to link to non wireless powerline near the router.
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Would it work with my Apple Extreme..
If not what do I need to buy and from where pls as can't find it at UK sites
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https://www.msdist.co.uk/catalogue_...KfDtSwjBJZknK56DFmsIpPB088W5toDt1JhoCHxnw_wcB
Select the type of access-point to meet your requirements and budget. Would advise to disable the airport wifi and use a Cloudtrax/Openmesh AP as you'll be wirelessly bridging. So at minimum it'll be 2 access-points.
Just bare in mind that a cabled solution will always be superior as the wireless repeating/bridging will use 50% of the wireless bandwidth, this is true of ALL solutions regardless of vendor.
Select the type of access-point to meet your requirements and budget. Would advise to disable the airport wifi and use a Cloudtrax/Openmesh AP as you'll be wirelessly bridging. So at minimum it'll be 2 access-points.
Just bare in mind that a cabled solution will always be superior as the wireless repeating/bridging will use 50% of the wireless bandwidth, this is true of ALL solutions regardless of vendor.
Is it not cheaper and easier to run a length of Cat5E/Cat6A cable from one end of the house until the other? Then plug your existing router into an additional Wireless Access Point?
A run of cable will cost $notMuch, an additional Wireless Access Point will be < £30
A run of cable will cost $notMuch, an additional Wireless Access Point will be < £30