Hey liron, I am enquiring for someone who lives on a property with multiple buildings. One building at the bottom has the wifi, if you sit half way between you get weak signl but its not the best and i dont know if that extends into the second building but there is nothing in the 3rd building. Where would the repeater or extender be placed? Would it even work?
so not within the same building at all, I'm sure we could make some sort of waterproofing for the extender and put on an extension cord outside but I'm just wondering if this would even reach? How do we know the reach it has?
Exactly I can’t hook up an Ethernet cable from my living room from all the way to my bedroom downstairs so I’m thinking of plugging the Wi-Fi extender by my ps4 then Ethernet cable ps4 to extender
I watched this earlier today and then went over for dinner at my parents' house. They have an extender that (we thought) was useless trash. But we didn't know about the extender's own WiFi. Or that it should be connected to the router with an ethernet cable. I ran one from the router, then found the extender's WiFi. Connected and now they have awesome fast WiFi even in the back not their yard where it was crap before! Thanks for the tip. A life saver.
My only point of confusion is if an extenders whole purpose is to make wifi far away from the router better, but you still need it to be hard wired to the router for it to actually be better, that makes the whole situation a lot harder because most people (including me) don’t know how to run an Ethernet cable through walls and across hallways and I don’t wanna see it strapped to the ceiling either so what am I supposed to do?
i use an Extender, and i use the existing disused coax cable to connect the router, and i have a cat5e cable from the extender to my desktop. Coax gives you a 3.5Gigabit/second instead of a 1Gps backhaul with LAN. It makes a big difference because I was only getting 5ooMbpsup/down with LAN, and with coax it's consistantly 950-980mbps close the advertised 1Gbps. So, if you used to have cable in your home and don't susbscribe anymore, but still have the cables left, same goes for satellite, this is a very easy option for you. Just wanted to share in hopes that it may help someone. Love you liron!
Thanks for the video. I would have expected most people use them because its too difficult getting a cable to the location. If you could easly get a cable the the spot where the repeater was, you could likely get one stratght to the computer and that would defeat the need for the extender.
I’ve got 7.37 download speed and 2.41 upload speed so this definitely helped my confusion a lot, I’ve got a wifi repeater with a terrible signal. The speed near my router is 300+ mbps but is potato everywhere else apart from that room. Thanks so much for the tips.
Bro I wanna say thank you because I was gonna purchase something I didn’t need. Listening to this video I know I need a WiFi extender once again thank you 👍🤝
Great video! We live in an old house with thick walls so wifi is quite poor, after watching this I’ve routed an Ethernet wire from our router downstairs to the upstairs bedroom and across the landing to the centre of the house , should be ideal hardwired! Thanks for the upload 😊
@@syatek thanks for your very presumptuous reply! All neatly tucked in behind carpet and skirting boards, three very happy kids all with 200 mbps wifi 😀
I have a 1200 mbps wifi repeater and it has 4 antennas... you said a good repeater has atleast 2 so I’m guessing mine will work fine hopefully 🤞🏻it’s coming in the mail btw lol
Lekker video! Excellent summary. It's important to realize there's going to be a speed loss when you use a repeater. One of the uncommon uses of these repeaters is using it as a wireless to wired bridge to connect a device without a wireless adapter. One of my computers keeps dropping the connection with a USB wireless adapter but a direct ethernet connection to the port at the bottom of a "cheap" repeater holds the connection. I guess "slower and steady" sometimes beats "fast but flakey".
Thank you, so repeater is actually cheaper if you are going to be accomplishing what you would from an extender/repeater where I guess most people think using their extender as repeater instead of AP (original use) think they need no lan cable and can get better signal simultaneously I assume.
RUclips and google specifically barely run most days through my Netgear extender to lan cable to PC. any Ideas? speed test 60mbps, youtube only gets 100-400 kbps... Update: I seemed to have fixed it, I turned off something in settings. It said experimental or beta I think
If you’re only trying to get better signal for one device that’s too far, look into AC Power line adapters. It’s two adapters that each plug into the wall and pair up. Run an Ethernet cord from adapter to router, and another from other adapter to your device. Be sure to connect devices directly to the wall. You will probably lose out on some of your maximum internet speeds, but you will gain the consistency in signal of Ethernet. I don’t know how well these devices would work in combination with an extender the way he was saying run a LAN cable to it, but it could be worth a try. The power line adapters aren’t super expensive and are very easy to set up
I have a TP-Link set that can do 600 Mbps - I originally bought them to bring network up from the basement (Google Fiber ONT) to the upstairs, and it worked fine. I eventually installed ethernet for that . After that, I got an RE200 for pulling WIFI to other rooms - I was never really happy with that, so eventually I got more ethernet and put in a mesh router (paired with the one in the bedroom where my new network central was) and it seems to work MUCH better.
total tech tool here. I have a fairly long house, so the router, placed in the middle barely reaches both ends. I was thinking of purchasing a REPEATER at the 1/4 and 3/4 points while the router stays at the 1/2 point. but after watching your extremely helpful video, you have convinced me to opt for an EXTENDER instead. However, I was wondering: can I place the Router at the 1/4 point and then an extender at the half-way point and another extender at the 3/4 point? will the signal be uniform throughout the length of the house? thanks.
Check out if your repeater has a feature called wifi roaming. That means that your phone will be able to connect to the router and the repeater without needing to connect manually every time.
This actually helped so much. I had mine on extender mode without a cable in my basement and now it's on access point mode. And my wifi is already looking better than before
Hi. Interesting report..I have recently checked a few extenders...I found that the 2.4 output is lower as you found but on the ethernet connector there is no loss in speed while still receiving the wifi signal....also on a dual band unit the 5 output is also good ...so the problem appears to be when repeating the 2.4 signal...basically a design issue
it's the signal hop as well, when the wifi signal is transmitted and received using a particular frequency for the modem router and extender to communicate, the speed is cut essentially. If you know how to assign different frequency for tx and rx, it should lessen the signal hop lost.
@@silentpuppy5456 I would highly recommend looking into an AC power line adapter if you want consistent internet at a long distance. You will need two Ethernet cables for this setup. Plug 1 cable into router and into 1 adapter and plug the adapter directly into the wall, then take the second adapter and cable and connect it directly to your computer and adapter and plug adapter directly into the wall. You will probably get a lower speed than you may get with WiFi, however, you will get the internet consistency of direct Ethernet.
I didn't really understand what you meant when you said if you can't use a wired extender, you might as well use a cheaper repeater. But your test of the not cabled extender was still over 50 and the repeater was less than half that. Seems like the extender is better regardless.
If they are using the terms interchangeably how do you differentiate between them when you are selecting? I have seen extenders that actually also say repeater in the title. Can you provide a link to an actual repeater?
Extenders will let you connect an ethernet (LAN) cable to it. Repeaters don't. Most extenders can be set-up to act as a repeater, as shown @ 3:32. Repeaters usually only have one function. Also, most modern routers can be set-up to act as either an extender or a repeater, so if you happen to have a spare, try to use that first. So in conclusion: Router > Extender > Repeater.
a wireless extender and repeator do the same thing, what you need to understand is how it works! there is Desense when you do it wirelessly!.. think of it this way, your in a room with 500 people yelling and your trying to only hear your 1 friend yelling at you, its hard wirelessly.. BUT if you phone him (wired connection) you can talk to him clearly!! What you need to do wirelessly is to setup the extender to router in 5G and have connections to the extender in 2.4G! this will greatly increase your speed!.. i could write it all out but would take several pages!!
Ok, I better understand now, thank you! Question, so the extender needs to be connected directly to my WiFi box? Via a wire? Then you move it away via this wire? Our Wi-Fi is in another room where our desktop is directly connected but farther away from the TV/devices but I don’t want that cord running through house 😩
by WiFi box, I assume you mean your router or modem. Yes. It does. if you don't want to run cable through the house, then look at this: ruclips.net/video/5JG3x-aNg9c/видео.html
Everything on amazon uses the word Extender and Repeater but many appear to only be Repeaters. Does anyone have a link to a true extender I can hardwire as explained? Thank you!
Im a bit confused, how did you change it to the way it suppose to be? DO I connect my extender to my router or how do I get to the website where you changed it?
This was something I was thinking about for getting a better signal upstairs in the backside of my house. Thank you for all your helpful information. 😄👍
Your video is very clear and well explained. However, vendors are not as clear, and it's hard really to find proper explanation as to how their wifi "extender/repeater" will connect to the box. For example, the trendy RE455 has lots of antennas and Mbps, but it's not clear as to how many 2.4 et 5 antennas there are really. It seems only one 2.4 and one 5 (even though called "dual-band", which only means it's 2.4 and 5, which is lame), so it connects to the box with the same antennas used to spread the new EXT wifi network, so bandwidth divided by 2. What do you think? Would you recommend a specific wifi repeater?
@@bilbot8195 I have a TP Link. I was COMPLETELY confused as to how to set it up. We bought it to put a sort of "bridge" without any connection. We're gonna return it and get a mesh device.
Thanks, Liron. Great video as always. What a difference this makes. I have a few years ago used powerline Wi-fi extenders with some very good results. However, I have since needed a better connection and as I was unable to place another cable to the areas where I needed the signal, I installed a mesh network. I've never looked back. Good speed, So far, it has proven to be very reliable as I had no downtime with it. I do enjoy your videos a lot as they are always very informative and you do explain everything really clear. Thanks for your hard work. Greetings from the UK.
I considered a mesh network myself but now I am considering ethernet cables to a power line adapter or extender but seeing some of these are repeaters makes me less confident
I don't know about you, but I don't want to walk around with a long wire hanging from my phone, tablet, laptop. I want a strong signal . So hardwire the extender to everything that connects to it via WiFi gets a strong WiFi signal and speed
Wonderful. Can you comment on the placement as far a height goes? How high does it need to be to get the most benefit? I'm using a WAVLINK AC600 to send a signal across the street. Would an extender or repeater be a better option? The AC600 is not giving me the signal I had hoped for. Thanks Liron. You're amazing.
Very informative. I am so desperate for a strong signal all around my house and workshop, that I pay top dollar for superfast fibre with a guaranteed 300mps, which it is when I'm sat in the same room as the router, but when I move into the upstairs rooms or ouside to my workshop, it drops to as low as 15mps, which is too slow for uploading large files as it takes forevermore. Now I know what I need to buy and how to connect it 👍
A wi-fi extender IS an access point/router and MUST be connected directly to a core router or modem by a hardwired connection. A wi-fi repeater receives and relays wi-fi signals bidirectionally, and would be better called a "relay". The relay operation requires devoting half its resources talking to one fixed host and half to the others. The more hosts using a repeater, the less it can communicate with the non-fixed hosts.
The part that confuses me is access point usually don’t need their own ssid, they simple provide wifi access in areas where there isn’t wifi, if it requires it’s own ssid it is an extender no matter what it claims it is, correct?
My extender has no lan port, but works perfectly fine. I have modem router on the first floor, tp link extender on the second. I connect in 5ghz with the extender and I only lose 10mbps compared to first floor. If I connect in 2,4ghz, yes the signal is terrible and cutted below half.
I have one that supports both cable and wifi. Currently I have a powerline thing plugged in next to it, and a cable from the powerline thing to the extender. Works pretty well!
I didn't really need the info in this video but you are a very enjoyable watch, wishing you and your channel all the best and a lovely new year for us all. :-)
My ISP modem and WiFi router is located in a separate building home office about 100’ from my house. I use old WiFi routers in my house as access points. Seems to work well. I also have several T-Link extenders that are not being used right now.
This was GOLD. I havent actually seen your channel before Liron. But I do listen to your VidIQ Podcast each and every week. Today I wanted to know about extenders and wasnt looking at the screen when I heard your voice. I thought hold on... why is the podcast playing??? Great video mate, you helped me out.
I use a wifi extender with wifi connection. I don't have any wiring for ethernet in the room it's needed. It has a strong signal but does max out at about 140 Mb down, usually between 80-125, with 300 Mb or 1 gig download speed. It has an ethernet out at the bottom to connect directly to computer. Works much better than using wifi adapter on computer.
@@classicdufferin8739 it's a Wavlink Aerial X ac1200 dual gigabit ethernet ports. Just read off of box. It has 4 antennas. A couple of years ago it was about $38.
Excellent video - thank you so much. I now know I need a repeater, not an extender, as I won't be able to hard-wire an extender in my home. Thank you! Tom
buy an extender the difference in price is ridiculously small if there is one but with the extender you also get an additional ethernet port (you may need it, you never know)
If the extender is going to function as an Access Point, what's the point of calling it a WiFi range extender? It is technically not extending the range of the wifi signal (of the router) that that point, its just another access point.
I have connected my extender without plugging it with a cable. From what I understand this would make it just a repeater. The unit seemed to work fine. I finally got the cable to connect to the extender and now it doesn't work. What have I done wrong?
I purchased a WiFi extender but our wifi router/hub is in such an awkward place at the bottom of the furthest corner of our house behind a door which leads to a hallway and as I'm not permitted to do any renovating or anything related to that I can't stretch a lan cable through the doors and hallways, so the extender being used wirelessly will be my only option, but they still seem to increase speeds significantly. We get 260mbps all round the house with my room being the ONLY dead spot in the entire house, getting 0.5-8mbps if I'm lucky in my room in particular, So hopefully it will help
An extender can connect through a router wirelessly. What is the point of the name 'extender' if you're going to run a cable? An extender does not have DHCP, meaning that if you're connected to the extender, it's passing all the device information to the router. Basically, you are connected to the router, and the router sees your MAC address and treats that device as if it is connected directly to the router. If you connect the extender with a wired connection, then that's called an access point; you might as well just buy an access point or use an old router for that purpose. In short, if that extender is assigning an IP on its own, then it's functioning as an access point. As for a repeater, I have no idea.
Hi Liron, Really useful video so thanks first of all. I am struggling with the extender repeater use, so thought I would ask a simple question. Lets say I want to link my internet from my router in a linear way over a distance of 300 yards/meters. I have several extender/repeaters to do this. What do i do? Do I link each one via WPS next to the router and then space them out over the distance or do I link each one to the last one and identify each extender separately? If its the latter, how do i do this please? Thanks in anticipation!
@@jtelander ethernet cables are said to be able to work about 100 meters or i guess 110+ yards, I'm no expert but i think if you want to go further something like an ethernet amplifier (or whatever its called) would be less expensive than a series of range extenders.
Guys so behind your smart tv there is a place where you can connect an internet cable wire straight from the internet source to your tv..when you live in a apartment where you have concrete walls it’s a problem to get wifi..buy a long cable wire and run it to wherever it has to be ..I’ll give you details if you need it
Great Video! But "usage" is something to keep in mind as well! As it's stated, an Extender with a LAN cable truly has faster speeds...but if it's "difficult" (impractical) to run a "cable" to where the extender "is", then one would happily be content with 20MBs compared to poor reception (or none). At "grandma's" house to run a LAN cable through cement/crawl spaces/Drill Hole in Walls...the extender (or even repeater) makes more sense! Still get dependable wifi signal, can surf all day No Drilling Holes! True, maybe "gamers" might find the slower speed a problem, but surfing web, view RUclips, doing bank business, checking/writing email and a whole HOST of other things, WILL NOT BE AFFECT by the Extender/Repeater performance! You're looking at absolute "Technical Data"...not practicality! Most likely, only GAMERS will notice the slower speed! General RUclips viewing, emails, Amazon browsing, Ebay buying, Banking business...are unimpacted! Really great info of the overall differences! Thanks!
actually its a myth that gamers need high speed, really speed doesn't matter that much since games online uses minimal bandwidth. However what matters is ping (time for signal to to destination and back again) and internet stability, and if someone is watching netflix on a router that has low speed, the gaming person will be affected the most.
I bought the TP-Link RE650 which is very clearly described by both my ISP and on the box as a "range extender". Although it has an ethernet jack, it is meant for outbound data. There is no way to plug it in to the router. So according to the criteria in your video, I have a repeater, not an extender. That being said, I'm still getting 135-170 mbps with a wireless connection in an area that previously was getting 0.35 mbps.
I have needed this info for awhile. Thank you so so much. I couldn't find this info out anywhere till I found this info, so thank you. I just don't know if I can connect my router so I have some work to do now. And I need to know what type of cable I need.
I've got my extender in my room upstairs about 3 ft away from my playstation 4 . The router is downstairs in the front room!!! Soooooo it needs to be LAN connected to the router????
If your extender is 3 feet from your PS4 there probably isn't much difference in how strong the wifi from your router is at either and you are making the signal go through an extra device for no reason. Like he said you need to have the extender in a good location to pick up the original wifi signal. If you find a place half way between you router and PS4 that would probably give you better results.
You would want to split the difference from the router and your ps4 for placement of the extender for optimum performance without a cable. Me personally I always used wireless for online gaming without any issues but wired is supposed to be better.
I got 1gbps download from my provider. Got a Wavlink AC3000 router n got another router that can receive n transmit at 1gbps as an access point and connected wired, now I’m getting 750mbps-950mbps wired n 500-700mnps wireless! Get yourself a router that can transmit maximum internet speed (whatever you’re paying for) and use it as an access point instead! Get some long cables n run it through attic or the edges of the wall for best connections. Wireless Extenders and repeaters ain’t worth the plastics they’re made of!
A lot of people don't really understand much about how all this networking stuff works. When you say your wifi is bad, you are wrong. Your wifi is just the wireless communication between your device and the wireless access point built into your router. That connection ought to be just fine, unless there is some serious radio interference going on, which there probably isn't. But, once your device communicates with your router, your router then relays that communication out of your local network and onto the internet through your service provider. Now, when it comes to the bandwidth, a wired in-network connection is always the highest bandwidth, wifi's bandwidth is a bit more restricted, and the coaxial or other connection out to the ISP is usually the bottleneck in the network. This is largely because ser ice providers handle a large amount of data, and interestingly enough really don't have infrastructure that is all that much more robust than we do, they just have a lot more of it. So the bandwidth of one fiber optic cable might be divided across an entire neighborhood. What is most likely going on is one of a few things: 1. Somebody has managed to get on your wifi and is using up all your bandwidth. 2. One of your devices may have a background process you aren't aware is running eating up all your bandwidth (I had this problem myself) 3. Your wifi is recieving some kind of interference, possibly from other wifi signals in the area that are set to the same channel. 4. If none of the above is the case, the problem is likely on your service provider's end.
First question: Maybe, depends on how they set up their routers, but in most cases yes that is the common reason for doing that, you could with the right routers create a "real" Wireless Network, with bridged SSID, so it is literally the same network being broadcast, but i am not sure these features even exist in common consumer routers, and even then it would be an odd use case, and the "right" way to go about it, would be a proper access point. Second: Neither is preferable. You will see disconnects when your device has to switch between the networks. What you should look at for a private use case would be Mesh, which is the "right" way of doing it.
Thanks for this very informative video... What THE COMPANIES will not tell you! (And i LOVE the Hulk 181 and Biohazard Sign - i actually have BOTH in MY OFFICE :D)
@@LironSegev if I get a 3000 mbps wifi extender and don’t use these tips will the mbps stay the same?? Also it says it works with wifi so does that mean it works with any wifi?
We live in a cabin on the owner's property and were getting wifi from a wireless extender about 30 feet from the house and the speeds averaged 10mbs up and 4 mbs down. I had a spool of CAT5E cable from a house build and finally the landlord connected it on his end. Now we have, like the video mentioned, a new Access Point with a unique _EXT name. The speeds are 90 MBS down and 16MBS up (that's likely the max speed for the service since we live in the country on an island). I am so happy. Just a note that it didn't work at first because I used the whole length of wire despite needing only about 60m. The max length is about 100m, so I shortened it. I'm so happy to have a reliable and fast signal.
These are great. They work with either an Ethernet cable or a WiFi signal and are easy to set up (I used the phone app). I relay my home WiFi to my office using two of these. I had both a D-Link and a Xiaomi previously and had constant issues using them.
Yea it's useful, to be fair if you read the instructions, it will tell you to do exactly that for a repeater. Biggest problem I have is getting it set up, it's supposed to be 'easy' and so far nothing has worked .....
We know your name is Liron, brother, but what we don’t know is your wisdom. Therefore, I want to hear your name again and again, because I know I’m gonna learn something new. Have a wonderful time, Liron. Stay safe, healthy, strong, happy and blessed 👌 💖 🍀❣️
Thanks for the video. Out here in rural MN we are only dealing with 3 mbps to maybe 12 mbps download speed. No where near where you are. It's not much to work with, sadly.
My philosophy is, that if there is not enough coverage, it is time to get a better method for better results, and avoid repeaters. There are various methods to improve on coverage, including mesh and MoCa systems.
100% right. If you can afford those sure and I have reviewed a whole bunch of them and they are awesome (ruclips.net/p/PLKtq-ZQfKWKR7WIM8c8HTn7KljFIUe132) We do need to remember that not everyone can though which is why I am trying to help people maximize what they already have or can afford. Appreciate you being here!
So if I buy a wifi extender that gives me 3000 mbps and don’t use this tip will I still have 3000 mbps? Also it says it says it works for wifi does that mean that if works for every wifi? Edit: it’s a NETGEAR Mesh WiFi Extender please help!
Agree and true, it is a gimic about the extender. There is no such thing but often it is incorrectly labeled. If you need to extend your wifi to another location, there is zero reason to use an extender as suppose to a access point. If i have to wire the house, might as well use an AP. However, vendor i noticed these days are calling repeater as extenders.
One thing for sure, I have a computer in room number 1, room number 2 has nothing and the router is in room number 3. All 3 rooms are lined up. I have a 100 Mbps router, if I take my laptop from room number 1 and place it near the router I get almost 100 Mbps. In room number 1 which is my room the most I get is 40 Mbps. I bought a wifi extender and I get about 85 to 90 Mbps in room number 1. The extender is 5G, and it has 2 ethernet ports. Most of the time I use the laptop in one place, so I connected to the ethernet port. If I need to move, just remove the cable and wifi takes over automatically.
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Do you know these 5 things about WiFi Extenders and Repeaters? ruclips.net/video/D426yrwlLYM/видео.html
I have on same wifi repeater 160mbs without cable...
Hey liron,
I am enquiring for someone who lives on a property with multiple buildings. One building at the bottom has the wifi, if you sit half way between you get weak signl but its not the best and i dont know if that extends into the second building but there is nothing in the 3rd building. Where would the repeater or extender be placed? Would it even work?
so not within the same building at all, I'm sure we could make some sort of waterproofing for the extender and put on an extension cord outside but I'm just wondering if this would even reach? How do we know the reach it has?
@@piotrkk7246 whats it called
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The entire point of the extender function is for those that can’t feasibly lead a cable to where they’d like an AP. Not necessarily “using it wrong.”
Exactly I can’t hook up an Ethernet cable from my living room from all the way to my bedroom downstairs so I’m thinking of plugging the Wi-Fi extender by my ps4 then Ethernet cable ps4 to extender
@@ricosav6329 I know a lot of people that have done this due to dead zone locations
@@ricosav6329that works too? plugging the Wi-Fi extender by your console then the Ethernet cable, console to extender?
@@ricosav6329 that works too? plugging the Wi-Fi extender by the console then the Ethernet cable to console to extender?
I watched this earlier today and then went over for dinner at my parents' house. They have an extender that (we thought) was useless trash. But we didn't know about the extender's own WiFi. Or that it should be connected to the router with an ethernet cable. I ran one from the router, then found the extender's WiFi. Connected and now they have awesome fast WiFi even in the back not their yard where it was crap before! Thanks for the tip. A life saver.
Bro that story is amazing. It be the simplest things sometimes
My only point of confusion is if an extenders whole purpose is to make wifi far away from the router better, but you still need it to be hard wired to the router for it to actually be better, that makes the whole situation a lot harder because most people (including me) don’t know how to run an Ethernet cable through walls and across hallways and I don’t wanna see it strapped to the ceiling either so what am I supposed to do?
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@@OpiyumXX my house doesnt have a full attic just a little crawl space
Just put an ethernet cable go around the doors and stuff to reach certain rooms. My mom did it by herself a few months ago.
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If it has to be wired that defeats the purpose!
i use an Extender, and i use the existing disused coax cable to connect the router, and i have a cat5e cable from the extender to my desktop. Coax gives you a 3.5Gigabit/second instead of a 1Gps backhaul with LAN. It makes a big difference because I was only getting 5ooMbpsup/down with LAN, and with coax it's consistantly 950-980mbps close the advertised 1Gbps. So, if you used to have cable in your home and don't susbscribe anymore, but still have the cables left, same goes for satellite, this is a very easy option for you. Just wanted to share in hopes that it may help someone. Love you liron!
The non wired range extender was much faster than the repeater in this test so still much better to buy the extender and use without a wire.
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Would have been interesting to also see the speed of the normal Wifi but lets say at max range.
Yeah, that would help with the stats,
I was wondering what the speed test was without anything, so I could see the actual benefit of the WiFi extender
Probably the same, so wasn’t shown
and the location of the router and extender
underrated uploader.. gives you the info fast and concise i love it.. no waste of time and entertainment like LTC! keep up the good work!
Appreciate it and thank YOU for hanging out here - more to come!
what’s “LTC”?
@@ryanolsen294 I'm guessing Linus. Are you not entertained?
Thanks for the video. I would have expected most people use them because its too difficult getting a cable to the location.
If you could easly get a cable the the spot where the repeater was, you could likely get one stratght to the computer and that would defeat the need for the extender.
I’ve got 7.37 download speed and 2.41 upload speed so this definitely helped my confusion a lot, I’ve got a wifi repeater with a terrible signal. The speed near my router is 300+ mbps but is potato everywhere else apart from that room. Thanks so much for the tips.
Did you get a wifi extender and if so what are the results?
i keen to know it too
@@gradience304 I have got a wifi extender now and I get 50-100 mbps with Ethernet . Without Ethernet I get 30-50
And the Ethernet cable is connected to my wifi extender
Bro I wanna say thank you because I was gonna purchase something I didn’t need. Listening to this video I know I need a WiFi extender once again thank you 👍🤝
You got it! Thanks for hanging out here 👍
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Quick question do you have a review on the WIFI NETGEAR NIGHTHAWK X6 AC2200 I saw on Amazon and it’s something I’m looking into
@@IVAnswer the netgear extenders are garbage you disconnect from the wifi and reconnect so many times I do not recommend it.
Great video! We live in an old house with thick walls so wifi is quite poor, after watching this I’ve routed an Ethernet wire from our router downstairs to the upstairs bedroom and across the landing to the centre of the house , should be ideal hardwired! Thanks for the upload 😊
Quick update, same speed from router as on the landing upstairs, kids are made up! Gamers can game, box sets can be watched 😊👍🏻
Glad that worked out
sounds awful, you just have a 100+ foot ethernet cable running thru your hallways?
@@syatek thanks for your very presumptuous reply! All neatly tucked in behind carpet and skirting boards, three very happy kids all with 200 mbps wifi 😀
@@stefox2003 You're a great parent! Mine won't let me have ethernet haha. Lucky them ☺️
I have a 1200 mbps wifi repeater and it has 4 antennas... you said a good repeater has atleast 2 so I’m guessing mine will work fine hopefully 🤞🏻it’s coming in the mail btw lol
did it work?
Did it work?
Lekker video! Excellent summary. It's important to realize there's going to be a speed loss when you use a repeater. One of the uncommon uses of these repeaters is using it as a wireless to wired bridge to connect a device without a wireless adapter. One of my computers keeps dropping the connection with a USB wireless adapter but a direct ethernet connection to the port at the bottom of a "cheap" repeater holds the connection. I guess "slower and steady" sometimes beats "fast but flakey".
That’s exactly what I do to rn, trying to figure out if getting a pcie wifi card would be better tho (for my custom build pc)
Thank you, so repeater is actually cheaper if you are going to be accomplishing what you would from an extender/repeater where I guess most people think using their extender as repeater instead of AP (original use) think they need no lan cable and can get better signal simultaneously I assume.
RUclips and google specifically barely run most days through my Netgear extender to lan cable to PC. any Ideas? speed test 60mbps, youtube only gets 100-400 kbps...
Update: I seemed to have fixed it, I turned off something in settings. It said experimental or beta I think
If you’re only trying to get better signal for one device that’s too far, look into AC Power line adapters. It’s two adapters that each plug into the wall and pair up. Run an Ethernet cord from adapter to router, and another from other adapter to your device. Be sure to connect devices directly to the wall. You will probably lose out on some of your maximum internet speeds, but you will gain the consistency in signal of Ethernet. I don’t know how well these devices would work in combination with an extender the way he was saying run a LAN cable to it, but it could be worth a try. The power line adapters aren’t super expensive and are very easy to set up
agreed - I use this one and its great: ruclips.net/video/5JG3x-aNg9c/видео.html
I have a TP-Link set that can do 600 Mbps - I originally bought them to bring network up from the basement (Google Fiber ONT) to the upstairs, and it worked fine. I eventually installed ethernet for that . After that, I got an RE200 for pulling WIFI to other rooms - I was never really happy with that, so eventually I got more ethernet and put in a mesh router (paired with the one in the bedroom where my new network central was) and it seems to work MUCH better.
total tech tool here. I have a fairly long house, so the router, placed in the middle barely reaches both ends. I was thinking of purchasing a REPEATER at the 1/4 and 3/4 points while the router stays at the 1/2 point. but after watching your extremely helpful video, you have convinced me to opt for an EXTENDER instead. However, I was wondering: can I place the Router at the 1/4 point and then an extender at the half-way point and another extender at the 3/4 point? will the signal be uniform throughout the length of the house? thanks.
Tysm u have helped me for years. I went from 20 mbps to 100plus
problem i run into, is the phone doesn't switch to the stronger device when i move across the house. how do i solve this?
Go and connect it
Check out if your repeater has a feature called wifi roaming. That means that your phone will be able to connect to the router and the repeater without needing to connect manually every time.
Which extender and repeater did you use in this test?
This actually helped so much. I had mine on extender mode without a cable in my basement and now it's on access point mode. And my wifi is already looking better than before
epic!
Hi. Interesting report..I have recently checked a few extenders...I found that the 2.4 output is lower as you found but on the ethernet connector there is no loss in speed while still receiving the wifi signal....also on a dual band unit the 5 output is also good ...so the problem appears to be when repeating the 2.4 signal...basically a design issue
thats because the 2.4 is for longer range and little slower whereas 5 is for short range and really strong.
it's the signal hop as well, when the wifi signal is transmitted and received using a particular frequency for the modem router and extender to communicate, the speed is cut essentially. If you know how to assign different frequency for tx and rx, it should lessen the signal hop lost.
@@annaingridzuric Explain? Do you assign them to the same channel?
So I gotta connect a loong lan cable from the living room to my room?
Watch it again.....
@@cassieperry9593 I have the attic to do this
@@silentpuppy5456 I would highly recommend looking into an AC power line adapter if you want consistent internet at a long distance. You will need two Ethernet cables for this setup. Plug 1 cable into router and into 1 adapter and plug the adapter directly into the wall, then take the second adapter and cable and connect it directly to your computer and adapter and plug adapter directly into the wall. You will probably get a lower speed than you may get with WiFi, however, you will get the internet consistency of direct Ethernet.
@@cassieperry9593 me too
Who else is watching this on bad wifi
I didn't really understand what you meant when you said if you can't use a wired extender, you might as well use a cheaper repeater. But your test of the not cabled extender was still over 50 and the repeater was less than half that. Seems like the extender is better regardless.
If they are using the terms interchangeably how do you differentiate between them when you are selecting? I have seen extenders that actually also say repeater in the title. Can you provide a link to an actual repeater?
Extenders will let you connect an ethernet (LAN) cable to it. Repeaters don't.
Most extenders can be set-up to act as a repeater, as shown @ 3:32. Repeaters usually only have one function.
Also, most modern routers can be set-up to act as either an extender or a repeater, so if you happen to have a spare, try to use that first.
So in conclusion: Router > Extender > Repeater.
forgot to cover your WAN ip at the end fyi
a wireless extender and repeator do the same thing, what you need to understand is how it works! there is Desense when you do it wirelessly!.. think of it this way, your in a room with 500 people yelling and your trying to only hear your 1 friend yelling at you, its hard wirelessly.. BUT if you phone him (wired connection) you can talk to him clearly!! What you need to do wirelessly is to setup the extender to router in 5G and have connections to the extender in 2.4G! this will greatly increase your speed!.. i could write it all out but would take several pages!!
How do you make it so your connections to you extender are 2.4ghz?
@@chavensonlaurent8221 your range extender has to support that!
Ok, I better understand now, thank you! Question, so the extender needs to be connected directly to my WiFi box? Via a wire? Then you move it away via this wire? Our Wi-Fi is in another room where our desktop is directly connected but farther away from the TV/devices but I don’t want that cord running through house 😩
by WiFi box, I assume you mean your router or modem. Yes. It does. if you don't want to run cable through the house, then look at this: ruclips.net/video/5JG3x-aNg9c/видео.html
so i have an extender and it's connected with the Lan cable and it's getting such a low speed. What can I do?
Everything on amazon uses the word Extender and Repeater but many appear to only be Repeaters. Does anyone have a link to a true extender I can hardwire as explained? Thank you!
Im a bit confused, how did you change it to the way it suppose to be? DO I connect my extender to my router or how do I get to the website where you changed it?
OK fabulous Liron. You are my hero. I spent 3 hours futzing with nonsense until you came along and explained it simply. thanks.
Glad it helped
This was something I was thinking about for getting a better signal upstairs in the backside of my house. Thank you for all your helpful information. 😄👍
Your video is very clear and well explained. However, vendors are not as clear, and it's hard really to find proper explanation as to how their wifi "extender/repeater" will connect to the box. For example, the trendy RE455 has lots of antennas and Mbps, but it's not clear as to how many 2.4 et 5 antennas there are really. It seems only one 2.4 and one 5 (even though called "dual-band", which only means it's 2.4 and 5, which is lame), so it connects to the box with the same antennas used to spread the new EXT wifi network, so bandwidth divided by 2. What do you think? Would you recommend a specific wifi repeater?
@@bilbot8195 I have a TP Link. I was COMPLETELY confused as to how to set it up. We bought it to put a sort of "bridge" without any connection.
We're gonna return it and get a mesh device.
How delightful to hear a South African voice for tech stuff
Thanks, Liron. Great video as always. What a difference this makes. I have a few years ago used powerline Wi-fi extenders with some very good results. However, I have since needed a better connection and as I was unable to place another cable to the areas where I needed the signal, I installed a mesh network. I've never looked back. Good speed, So far, it has proven to be very reliable as I had no downtime with it. I do enjoy your videos a lot as they are always very informative and you do explain everything really clear. Thanks for your hard work. Greetings from the UK.
A Mesh WiFi is ideal but a bit pricy still. I am sure those will come down at some point. You definitely made the right call!
I considered a mesh network myself but now I am considering ethernet cables to a power line adapter or extender but seeing some of these are repeaters makes me less confident
But why have a extender if you have to hard wire it why wouldnt you just run to what your trying to connect.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to walk around with a long wire hanging from my phone, tablet, laptop. I want a strong signal . So hardwire the extender to everything that connects to it via WiFi gets a strong WiFi signal and speed
Can you tell me which extender you were using in the video?
The way you show us the difference of the internet connection really proof it all
Wonderful. Can you comment on the placement as far a height goes? How high does it need to be to get the most benefit? I'm using a WAVLINK AC600 to send a signal across the street. Would an extender or repeater be a better option? The AC600 is not giving me the signal I had hoped for. Thanks Liron. You're amazing.
I have mine plugged in without the cable so I’m going to go do some speed tests right now!! Thanks!
Very informative. I am so desperate for a strong signal all around my house and workshop, that I pay top dollar for superfast fibre with a guaranteed 300mps, which it is when I'm sat in the same room as the router, but when I move into the upstairs rooms or ouside to my workshop, it drops to as low as 15mps, which is too slow for uploading large files as it takes forevermore. Now I know what I need to buy and how to connect it 👍
What device model worked for you?
That is how you Vlog. Lively and with heart. If you do it, do it the right way. Keep it coming, Bro.
Fantastic tutorial, thank you. I didn’t realize the difference between the two devices.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
@@LironSegev Agreed but I cant seem to find a true extender everything is a repeater. Do you have a link to an extender I can hardwire?
A wi-fi extender IS an access point/router and MUST be connected directly to a core router or modem by a hardwired connection. A wi-fi repeater receives and relays wi-fi signals bidirectionally, and would be better called a "relay". The relay operation requires devoting half its resources talking to one fixed host and half to the others. The more hosts using a repeater, the less it can communicate with the non-fixed hosts.
Excellent coverage. Really helped educate me on the differences. Subscribed
Glad it was helpful!
The part that confuses me is access point usually don’t need their own ssid, they simple provide wifi access in areas where there isn’t wifi, if it requires it’s own ssid it is an extender no matter what it claims it is, correct?
Can you have a extender upstairs and one downstairs??
Main Router on 2nd floor
My extender has no lan port, but works perfectly fine. I have modem router on the first floor, tp link extender on the second. I connect in 5ghz with the extender and I only lose 10mbps compared to first floor. If I connect in 2,4ghz, yes the signal is terrible and cutted below half.
Can you rename the extender as the same ssid with your main router/wifi? Since it is lan plugged, it should work as a wireless access point, right?
I have one that supports both cable and wifi. Currently I have a powerline thing plugged in next to it, and a cable from the powerline thing to the extender. Works pretty well!
I didn't really need the info in this video but you are a very enjoyable watch, wishing you and your channel all the best and a lovely new year for us all. :-)
Thank you! You too!
My ISP modem and WiFi router is located in a separate building home office about 100’ from my house. I use old WiFi routers in my house as access points. Seems to work well. I also have several T-Link extenders that are not being used right now.
This was GOLD. I havent actually seen your channel before Liron. But I do listen to your VidIQ Podcast each and every week. Today I wanted to know about extenders and wasnt looking at the screen when I heard your voice. I thought hold on... why is the podcast playing??? Great video mate, you helped me out.
I use a wifi extender with wifi connection. I don't have any wiring for ethernet in the room it's needed. It has a strong signal but does max out at about 140 Mb down, usually between 80-125, with 300 Mb or 1 gig download speed. It has an ethernet out at the bottom to connect directly to computer. Works much better than using wifi adapter on computer.
what ia your wifi extender?
@@classicdufferin8739 it's a Wavlink Aerial X ac1200 dual gigabit ethernet ports. Just read off of box. It has 4 antennas.
A couple of years ago it was about $38.
@@frommatorav1 thank you
Excellent video - thank you so much. I now know I need a repeater, not an extender, as I won't be able to hard-wire an extender in my home. Thank you! Tom
Most people can't. Its expensive and cumbersome to make a hard wired LAN network with access points on a household to begin with.
buy an extender
the difference in price is ridiculously small if there is one
but with the extender you also get an additional ethernet port (you may need it, you never know)
If the extender is going to function as an Access Point, what's the point of calling it a WiFi range extender? It is technically not extending the range of the wifi signal (of the router) that that point, its just another access point.
If it's hard wired to the router then it extends the network.
I have connected my extender without plugging it with a cable. From what I understand this would make it just a repeater. The unit seemed to work fine. I finally got the cable to connect to the extender and now it doesn't work. What have I done wrong?
you need to set up the extender to no longer be a repeater - go into the extender's setup and follow the prompts there.
I purchased a WiFi extender but our wifi router/hub is in such an awkward place at the bottom of the furthest corner of our house behind a door which leads to a hallway and as I'm not permitted to do any renovating or anything related to that I can't stretch a lan cable through the doors and hallways, so the extender being used wirelessly will be my only option, but they still seem to increase speeds significantly. We get 260mbps all round the house with my room being the ONLY dead spot in the entire house, getting 0.5-8mbps if I'm lucky in my room in particular, So hopefully it will help
But that is why we need the wifi extender where the wires cannot reach...far far away
@@grave9192 Yes a castle
An extender can connect through a router wirelessly. What is the point of the name 'extender' if you're going to run a cable? An extender does not have DHCP, meaning that if you're connected to the extender, it's passing all the device information to the router. Basically, you are connected to the router, and the router sees your MAC address and treats that device as if it is connected directly to the router. If you connect the extender with a wired connection, then that's called an access point; you might as well just buy an access point or use an old router for that purpose. In short, if that extender is assigning an IP on its own, then it's functioning as an access point. As for a repeater, I have no idea.
Hi Liron, Really useful video so thanks first of all. I am struggling with the extender repeater use, so thought I would ask a simple question. Lets say I want to link my internet from my router in a linear way over a distance of 300 yards/meters. I have several extender/repeaters to do this. What do i do? Do I link each one via WPS next to the router and then space them out over the distance or do I link each one to the last one and identify each extender separately? If its the latter, how do i do this please? Thanks in anticipation!
Also looking for the same info. I need to wirelessly extend wifi 100 yards outside
@@jtelander there's satalite dishes and also specific wifi repeaters that can pick up signal from far away places. Just need a direct line of sight
@@jtelander ethernet cables are said to be able to work about 100 meters or i guess 110+ yards, I'm no expert but i think if you want to go further something like an ethernet amplifier (or whatever its called) would be less expensive than a series of range extenders.
Guys so behind your smart tv there is a place where you can connect an internet cable wire straight from the internet source to your tv..when you live in a apartment where you have concrete walls it’s a problem to get wifi..buy a long cable wire and run it to wherever it has to be ..I’ll give you details if you need it
I’m so jealous of your speeds. I get 4mbs out in the country. Starlink, hurry!
WHat i have 325mbs
What luck I get 27mbps
I barely get 6mbs and I live in the suburbs
oof. I get 560mbps w/ wifi
BRO I GET 4KBPS WTWFYSDODPS
Great Video! But "usage" is something to keep in mind as well! As it's stated, an
Extender with a LAN cable truly has faster speeds...but if it's "difficult" (impractical)
to run a "cable" to where the extender "is", then one would happily be content with
20MBs compared to poor reception (or none). At "grandma's" house to run a LAN
cable through cement/crawl spaces/Drill Hole in Walls...the extender (or even repeater)
makes more sense! Still get dependable wifi signal, can surf all day No Drilling Holes!
True, maybe "gamers" might find the slower speed a problem, but surfing web, view
RUclips, doing bank business, checking/writing email and a whole HOST of other
things, WILL NOT BE AFFECT by the Extender/Repeater performance! You're looking
at absolute "Technical Data"...not practicality! Most likely, only GAMERS will notice the
slower speed! General RUclips viewing, emails, Amazon browsing, Ebay buying,
Banking business...are unimpacted! Really great info of the overall differences! Thanks!
actually its a myth that gamers need high speed, really speed doesn't matter that much since games online uses minimal bandwidth.
However what matters is ping (time for signal to to destination and back again) and internet stability, and if someone is watching netflix on a router that has low speed, the gaming person will be affected the most.
I bought the TP-Link RE650 which is very clearly described by both my ISP and on the box as a "range extender".
Although it has an ethernet jack, it is meant for outbound data. There is no way to plug it in to the router.
So according to the criteria in your video, I have a repeater, not an extender.
That being said, I'm still getting 135-170 mbps with a wireless connection in an area that previously was getting 0.35 mbps.
I have the same extender, and plugged it into a socket rougly 1 meter away from a router, however, i only get +20mbps which should be more, any tips?
@@K1nai you want it to be in between a room where you game and ur router
Extender, repeater, whatever. All are usually wireless uplinks. Some have the option for a wired uplink.
Thank you, I now know what I need. Short and to the point
Glad it was helpful and thank YOU for watching!
Very helpful, but a Repeter would be two guys named Peter, while a Repeater means to double something, which means everyone is now totally confused!
Tell me why I run 16 mgb but I lag all the time
I have needed this info for awhile. Thank you so so much. I couldn't find this info out anywhere till I found this info, so thank you. I just don't know if I can connect my router so I have some work to do now. And I need to know what type of cable I need.
I've got my extender in my room upstairs about 3 ft away from my playstation 4 . The router is downstairs in the front room!!! Soooooo it needs to be LAN connected to the router????
It’s always best to run cable to your router for gaming
When it comes to gaming the best stuff is wired alwyas get wired
If your extender is 3 feet from your PS4 there probably isn't much difference in how strong the wifi from your router is at either and you are making the signal go through an extra device for no reason. Like he said you need to have the extender in a good location to pick up the original wifi signal. If you find a place half way between you router and PS4 that would probably give you better results.
You would want to split the difference from the router and your ps4 for placement of the extender for optimum performance without a cable. Me personally I always used wireless for online gaming without any issues but wired is supposed to be better.
Im watching this video from one wifi repeater thats at 80db and the extender at 76db at 480p no buffering. 🤷♀️
Miracle it even works to be honest.
My wifi is so bad I can't even watch this video without it crashing
I got 1gbps download from my provider. Got a Wavlink AC3000 router n got another router that can receive n transmit at 1gbps as an access point and connected wired, now I’m getting 750mbps-950mbps wired n 500-700mnps wireless!
Get yourself a router that can transmit maximum internet speed (whatever you’re paying for) and use it as an access point instead! Get some long cables n run it through attic or the edges of the wall for best connections. Wireless Extenders and repeaters ain’t worth the plastics they’re made of!
A lot of people don't really understand much about how all this networking stuff works.
When you say your wifi is bad, you are wrong. Your wifi is just the wireless communication between your device and the wireless access point built into your router. That connection ought to be just fine, unless there is some serious radio interference going on, which there probably isn't. But, once your device communicates with your router, your router then relays that communication out of your local network and onto the internet through your service provider.
Now, when it comes to the bandwidth, a wired in-network connection is always the highest bandwidth, wifi's bandwidth is a bit more restricted, and the coaxial or other connection out to the ISP is usually the bottleneck in the network. This is largely because ser ice providers handle a large amount of data, and interestingly enough really don't have infrastructure that is all that much more robust than we do, they just have a lot more of it. So the bandwidth of one fiber optic cable might be divided across an entire neighborhood.
What is most likely going on is one of a few things:
1. Somebody has managed to get on your wifi and is using up all your bandwidth.
2. One of your devices may have a background process you aren't aware is running eating up all your bandwidth (I had this problem myself)
3. Your wifi is recieving some kind of interference, possibly from other wifi signals in the area that are set to the same channel.
4. If none of the above is the case, the problem is likely on your service provider's end.
awesome class Thank You, my family is starting to think I'm an expert Thanks to You
When people use a second router wired to the first is this functionally the same as an extender? Is one setup preferable to the other?
First question: Maybe, depends on how they set up their routers, but in most cases yes that is the common reason for doing that, you could with the right routers create a "real" Wireless Network, with bridged SSID, so it is literally the same network being broadcast, but i am not sure these features even exist in common consumer routers, and even then it would be an odd use case, and the "right" way to go about it, would be a proper access point.
Second: Neither is preferable. You will see disconnects when your device has to switch between the networks.
What you should look at for a private use case would be Mesh, which is the "right" way of doing it.
Amazing video! So what wifi extender would you suggest is the best? Or how do you qualify one to being the best?
Do you know when he was talking about a lan cable does he mean a Ethernet cable?
Thank you! Short sweet and to the point. Exactly what I needed.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
You can use MoCA where you can't get Ethernet. You may need to change out your cable splitters with MoCA splitters. MoCA does 2.5Gb/s over coax
Thanks for this very informative video... What THE COMPANIES will not tell you! (And i LOVE the Hulk 181 and Biohazard Sign - i actually have BOTH in MY OFFICE :D)
good taste!!!😂 thanks for watching and hanging out here!
@@LironSegev if I get a 3000 mbps wifi extender and don’t use these tips will the mbps stay the same?? Also it says it works with wifi so does that mean it works with any wifi?
@@LironSegev for my ps4 should I use a wifi booster or extender
We live in a cabin on the owner's property and were getting wifi from a wireless extender about 30 feet from the house and the speeds averaged 10mbs up and 4 mbs down. I had a spool of CAT5E cable from a house build and finally the landlord connected it on his end. Now we have, like the video mentioned, a new Access Point with a unique _EXT name. The speeds are 90 MBS down and 16MBS up (that's likely the max speed for the service since we live in the country on an island). I am so happy.
Just a note that it didn't work at first because I used the whole length of wire despite needing only about 60m. The max length is about 100m, so I shortened it.
I'm so happy to have a reliable and fast signal.
Could you do a review on the Tp-link ac2600 wifi extender?
Do you have that one
So what you didn’t explain is, why if you hardwire or wire the extender to the router, why does that improves its performance?
Is the Tp-Link N300 (Re105) a WiFi extender???
These are great. They work with either an Ethernet cable or a WiFi signal and are easy to set up (I used the phone app). I relay my home WiFi to my office using two of these. I had both a D-Link and a Xiaomi previously and had constant issues using them.
Yea it's useful, to be fair if you read the instructions, it will tell you to do exactly that for a repeater. Biggest problem I have is getting it set up, it's supposed to be 'easy' and so far nothing has worked .....
We know your name is Liron, brother, but what we don’t know is your wisdom. Therefore, I want to hear your name again and again, because I know I’m gonna learn something new. Have a wonderful time, Liron. Stay safe, healthy, strong, happy and blessed 👌 💖 🍀❣️
Thanks for the video. Out here in rural MN we are only dealing with 3 mbps to maybe 12 mbps download speed. No where near where you are. It's not much to work with, sadly.
Yay, a new Liron video!
Just ordered a Netgear EAX20 and was about to make the mistake you talk about.I have to use a Lan kabel.........got it tnx.
My extender works wirelessly for at least 800 ft how could I run a cable through the city a block away
The extender does not have to be plugged in.
Good info. I suggest that you get a lapel microphone for your audio.
what if i connect my ethernet cable from the extender to my pc?
Then it’s using the extender as your internet access point.
My philosophy is, that if there is not enough coverage, it is time to get a better method for better results, and avoid repeaters. There are various methods to improve on coverage, including mesh and MoCa systems.
100% right. If you can afford those sure and I have reviewed a whole bunch of them and they are awesome (ruclips.net/p/PLKtq-ZQfKWKR7WIM8c8HTn7KljFIUe132)
We do need to remember that not everyone can though which is why I am trying to help people maximize what they already have or can afford.
Appreciate you being here!
TY is video link won’t load! 🧐 is THere another link that works? Thanks!!!
So if I buy a wifi extender that gives me 3000 mbps and don’t use this tip will I still have 3000 mbps? Also it says it says it works for wifi does that mean that if works for every wifi?
Edit: it’s a NETGEAR Mesh WiFi Extender please help!
Agree and true, it is a gimic about the extender. There is no such thing but often it is incorrectly labeled. If you need to extend your wifi to another location, there is zero reason to use an extender as suppose to a access point. If i have to wire the house, might as well use an AP. However, vendor i noticed these days are calling repeater as extenders.
One thing for sure, I have a computer in room number 1, room number 2 has nothing and the router is in room number 3. All 3 rooms are lined up. I have a 100 Mbps router, if I take my laptop from room number 1 and place it near the router I get almost 100 Mbps. In room number 1 which is my room the most I get is 40 Mbps. I bought a wifi extender and I get about 85 to 90 Mbps in room number 1. The extender is 5G, and it has 2 ethernet ports. Most of the time I use the laptop in one place, so I connected to the ethernet port. If I need to move, just remove the cable and wifi takes over automatically.
I’m just glad I found you. Thanks