A reasonable Wifi extender with AC750 — only 5 units available
Price beat at Officeworks — stock level
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NETGEAR AC750 EX3110 Wi-Fi Range Extender $49 (Was $89) + Delivery ($0 SYD C&C) @ Scorptec (Officeworks Price Beat from $46.55)
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aboteh on 13/04/2024 - 06:20 scorptec.com.au (699 clicks)
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I’ve got a netgear router set up that has trouble transmitting the 5G signal across the house. I’ve got wired Ethernet hardwired in all rooms too. Would an extender be a no go in this situation? And if so what’s the preferred alternative?
Sounds like you should dosome testing with the router , and your provider. I cant see how an e extender would help in your situation.
if you don't want to fork out for a new mesh system, them buy another cheapish router and plug it into your ethernet at the other end of the house where wifi is weak
what if there is no ethernet at the other end as well?
@mrvaluepack: If you own the house put it in or get a datacomms sparkie to put it in professionally. Yekul is right - extenders are never the answer unless it is the only answer.
Not going to go into details again just check all the other posts on extenders.
@Ramrunner: Im actually using an extender (not this one) as my main router and it works fine. Hotspot from felix mobile spare phone to centrally placed extender.
Go for a mesh system that has a ethernet back hall. Asus and Tp-link are two that come to mind. It may also be a feature of your current router.
With wired backhaul it makes adding an access point at the other end of the house a no brainer to me. You could do a mesh system with ethernet backhaul as well, though may be a bit more costly. Personally i'm a big fan of access points. Even the cheap units like tp-link offers work fantastic. Depending on the model of netgear router you have there may be an access point that provides more seamless roaming however.
Agree, I have a old NVR security camera in pantry that only had Ethernet port, doesn't support WiFi, so have a buy the WiFi extender which has Ethernet output port, connect to NVR via cable. Cheap and portable solution.
Or you could directly wire it. Much better solution.
I understand not possible if you're renting otherwise well worth it and best option.
Sparky quoted $100 as he has to go on the roof, with extender i can sell it and only $10
@hopper: Chalk and cheese - wired will carry up to 10Gb of speed. Your extender slows down your current WiFi network by half.
Like I said much better solution. Have explained this 1000s of times in previous posts. I've designed networks since 802.11b first came out.
Believe me it's worth the $90. One of the reasons your NVR only has an ethernet port.
Anyway I don't want to get pulled inot this yet again, please just Google it and understand extenders halve your WiFi as they re-transmit the same signal into the same limited bandwidth effectively having to share it with the original signal.
Please please please do not waste your money on one of these. Wouldn’t bother with one if it was free honestly.
They are absolutely rubbish and constantly drop out, completely defeating the purpose you bought it for.
Just save your pennies a bit more and buy a mesh system, even a more budget one like the Amazon Echo’s are leaps and bounds better than this.
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Agreed. Sadly this is rather useless.
I hate range extenders.
Please don’t buy yourself wifi extenders unless you have zero other options (and there’s almost always another option).
Edit: just a PSA in case any bargain hunters get excited heh.