Wifi Extender Suggestions

[paindonthurt17]

Will be inside an office. Brick building with cinder block walls between conference rooms.

Internet is from Verizon and relatively fast but the range isn't good outside of the main office room. Need to get it down the hall to several conference rooms.

TIA.

ETA: preferably in the $50 range but will pay more if you promise its worth it.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I bought the set of three Netgear Nighthawk extenders last year for our office and shop and they work great. They are extending wifi from our office inside a metal building into our shop in another metal building with zero issue. It comes with one primary that hooks into your router and the two secondary’s can mesh with it and be repeaters.

 

[paindonthurt17]

These?

DCD Suggestion

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

These?

DCD Suggestion

Yeah but they weren’t that expensive. Must have gone up on the price.

 

[snowman79]

I went with TP Link Deco at my house. No problems and was easy to set up.

TP Link Deco

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I went with TP Link Deco at my house. No problems and was easy to set up.

TP Link Deco

These are good too.

 

[onewoof]

Get mesh. Wi-Fi extenders are cheap and slow and based on 8 year old tech not much different than a string and a cup.

Get the eero pro or similar. $350.

 

[The Peeper]

These are good too.

That's what I have at my house also, main one in the middle and the other 2 on each end of the house and its been really good. The ends of the house were hard to reach with just the one in the middle but the auxillary ones on the ends have ended that.

 

[Chesusdog]

I have this by by the backdoor and it extends across my garage to a workshop on the other side with zero signal lost.

TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Range Extender Internet Booster(RE700X), Dual Band, AP Mode w/Gigabit Port, OFDMA, Beamforming, APP Setup, OneMesh Compatible (Renewed) https://a.co/d/fBpr0Sv

 

[BulldogBlitz]

preferably in the $50 range but will pay more if you promise its worth it.

thats what she said

 

[onewoof]

I have this by by the backdoor and it extends across my garage to a workshop on the other side with zero signal lost.

TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Range Extender Internet Booster(RE700X), Dual Band, AP Mode w/Gigabit Port, OFDMA, Beamforming, APP Setup, OneMesh Compatible (Renewed) https://a.co/d/fBpr0Sv

Wi-Fi extenders by design cut the speed in half. Engineering.

 

[paindonthurt17]

thats what she said

Really more like "thats what HE said".

 

[paindonthurt17]

Get mesh. Wi-Fi extenders are cheap and slow and based on 8 year old tech not much different than a string and a cup.

Get the eero pro or similar. $350.

Just curious but whats the difference in eero pro and this nighthawk?

 

[onewoof]

eero pro provides remote management and a few other faster wifi (WiFi 7) features that can go as fast as your wifi devices can go. you may not need that speed and may not need extra features.

that Netgear mesh and this Eero mesh is about the same, Eero has just been recognized more as "editors choice, readers choice" etc

you may not need 3 devices, 2 might work fine

 

[WilCoDawg]

Orbi mesh.

 

[PBRME]

I bought the set of three Netgear Nighthawk extenders last year for our office and shop and they work great. They are extending wifi from our office inside a metal building into our shop in another metal building with zero issue. It comes with one primary that hooks into your router and the two secondary’s can mesh with it and be repeaters.

How far apart are they? My brother in law is looking to extend wifi to his shop from his house. It’s at least 75 yards away though.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

How far apart are they? My brother in law is looking to extend wifi to his shop from his house. It’s at least 75 yards away though.

If he’s going that far he might want a point to point system like this one. I have one set up that beams down to another building about 300 yards away. Works great. They do have some long range wifi extenders.

Amazon.com

 

[hdogg]

Get mesh. Wi-Fi extenders are cheap and slow and based on 8 year old tech not much different than a string and a cup.

Get the eero pro or similar. $350.

I got the Eero a few years ago based on a thread from this exact site (and maybe it was you?) and it has been GREAT ever since.
They also have some security features and interface is easy. I think I paid closer to $200 though, so may have been more basic package but it has 3 mesh units.

 

[BluffParkDawg]

Eero is the answer. Great mesh and great software to manage it right from your phone. If you want something more business-minded, check out Ubiquiti's UniFi platform.

 

[onewoof]

If he’s going that far he might want a point to point system like this one. I have one set up that beams down to another building about 300 yards away. Works great. They do have some long range wifi extenders.

Amazon.com

correct. if you have to go 75 to 150 yards, get a BRIDGE like DCD shows in the link above, not a extender/mesh. think "line of sight invisible laser beam" vs turning on a porch lamp at your house and hoping it lights up the barn door.

 

[dudehead]

I got the Eero a few years ago based on a thread from this exact site (and maybe it was you?) and it has been GREAT ever since.
They also have some security features and interface is easy. I think I paid closer to $200 though, so may have been more basic package but it has 3 mesh units.

I concur. Eero has been great. The only problem we've had is that our brother wifi printer and eero didn't play well together but it's better now. I think it has been corrected with a firmware update.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I concur. Eero has been great. The only problem we've had is that our brother wifi printer and eero didn't play well together but it's better now. I think it has been corrected with a firmware update.

Brother printers don’t get along with anything.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Another vote for Eero.

 

[Chesusdog]

Wi-Fi extenders by design cut the speed in half. Engineering.

Look, I'm just a caveman.

 

[missouridawg]

Orbi mesh.

we got some of these from CostCo a few years back and they have largely worked well for us.

 

[PBRME]

Brother printers don’t get along with anything.

I’m ready to recreate the office space scene with my brother printer. The scanner sucks. Everything is either crooked, or it skips pages.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

I’m ready to recreate the office space scene with my brother printer. The scanner sucks. Everything is either crooked, or it skips pages.

Are you saying you want to drag a brother outside and give it a beating... Yikes.

 

[RocketDawg]

Get mesh. Wi-Fi extenders are cheap and slow and based on 8 year old tech not much different than a string and a cup.

Get the eero pro or similar. $350.

That's what I have and have had no problems at all.

 

[RocketDawg]

The October 2024 Consumer Reports rates the Netgear AX1800 as the best overall for $100.

Next are the TP-LINK AX3000 (RE705X) for $130 and the TP-LINK AX1500 (RE505X) for $60.

Look like the Netgear just plugs into an electrical outlet.

 

[onewoof]

The October 2024 Consumer Reports rates the Netgear AX1800 as the best overall for $100.

Next are the TP-LINK AX3000 (RE705X) for $130 and the TP-LINK AX1500 (RE505X) for $60.

Look like the Netgear just plugs into an electrical outlet.

These all use transmit and receive on the same frequency as your end user WiFi devices to extend the wifi signal, so it cuts your network speed in half which may be fine for 1-2 devices. Mesh Wifi units use a different frequency to send/receive than your end user WiFi devices, so they work better and cost about double or more, and they can handle many devices without WiFi network traffic problems.

Just making sure people know that these extenders are chopping your Wifi speed off at the knees and adding traffic on your WiFi network, the same network that your devices are using. So the more devices using them, the worse it gets.

 

[paindonthurt17]

I went with TP Link Deco at my house. No problems and was easy to set up.

TP Link Deco

FYI. I went with 2 of these. Working great.

I swear the speed is faster than my original setup.

Guessing that’s bc my Verizon is using a modem router 2 in 1? And maybe the deco router is better than the Verizon one?

I plugged one in to the Verizon device and moved the other to the hall. Working like a charm. Very easy.