Does anyone know how these work? I have AT&T internet and it sounds like all I have to do is sign up for a wi-fi extender so the apartment in the garage has better service and no new equipment is needed. Is that true? Or do I need a piece of equipment to extend my wi-fi? I'd rather it be a one-time purchase rather than something I have to keep paying for monthly.
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Are you referring to a mesh system?
We have an old house with thick plaster walls. Our modem/router are on the main floor. WiFi signal around the house was terrible until I bought these:
https://a.co/d/094VxUvK
They don’t get 100% of the connection everywhere but they definitely helped me get better speeds in far reaches of my house.
We have an old house with thick plaster walls. Our modem/router are on the main floor. WiFi signal around the house was terrible until I bought these:
https://a.co/d/094VxUvK
They don’t get 100% of the connection everywhere but they definitely helped me get better speeds in far reaches of my house.
We did a mesh router and can get reception 300 feet into the backyard and 75 feet into the front yard. The extenders never get connected too which is odd but the coverage is insane. We have 1940's plaster walls in a two story it is lightning thanks to our local internet provider.
I've used WiFi extenders and a mesh system. Extenders do have pieces that you plug in around the house where your signals are weak. Mesh system used three nodes/towers, one as the router on the main floor, one upstairs, one downstairs.
The extenders should just be a one time cost to purchase and not add anything to your current Internet bill.
Caveat, I had my WiFi extenders many years ago so the technology may have changed since then.
The extenders should just be a one time cost to purchase and not add anything to your current Internet bill.
Caveat, I had my WiFi extenders many years ago so the technology may have changed since then.
I used one of the Tenda Powerline Extenders to get wi-fi to my garage and it works great. One unit plugs into an outlet and your modem and the other unit plugs into an outlet where you want wi-fi. Both units have to be on the same electrical circuit to work tho because the signal travels through the wires.
Don't do an Extender. Just bit the bullet and get a mesh network.
Extenders (in my experience) create different network names and you have to log devices into the separate network. A mesh is one consistent network and password across the entire thing.
We have Google Mesh - our house is 3500 sq ft and we have 5 mesh hubs and have zero wifi issues in the house and it even reaches out to our shed at the back of our lot.
I work on enterprise networks and systems all day so I just want my **** to work at my home.
I used to have a Google Mesh network, but it quit working with my garage door opener. I ended up going with a Eero mesh network at home and have no issues for years with it. It a little pricier than Google, but it works wonderfully for me with my home office and network.
I used to have a Google Mesh network, but it quit working with my garage door opener. I ended up going with a Eero mesh network at home and have no issues for years with it. It a little pricier than Google, but it works wonderfully for me with my home office and network.
I would echo this as well. We've had our Google Mesh system since April 2020 and it still works great. I can guarantee I would have had to replace a modem and a router at this point.
I used an extender in a prior house, mostly because I needed a wired ethernet connection for a VOIP phone and the extender had one.. TP-Link router and TP-Link extender worked fine together and did not create a separate network, just extended the existing one. Tried TP-Link extender with another brand of router once and extender created a new network. That said, mesh systems sound great.
