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wireless router plus extender nightmare
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<blockquote data-quote="milessthomas" data-source="post: 528730" data-attributes="member: 27943"><p>While wireless range extenders are sometimes helpful when you have to be far from the the wirless router they do have some downsides. The extenders run at half speed of the actual wirless router and every one that you add to span a long distance decrease by half each one you extend through another extender.</p><p></p><p>Most top out at 14mbps-24mbps as opposed to the wireless standard of 54mbps.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest if you have the time to run a hardwire cat5 cable through the walls or even through the attic, this is actually not as hard as its sounds if you have a few tools for the job. I would run this cat5 cable from your origin wireless router through your house to where you use your laptop most, and add another wireless router at that end of the house.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milessthomas, post: 528730, member: 27943"] While wireless range extenders are sometimes helpful when you have to be far from the the wirless router they do have some downsides. The extenders run at half speed of the actual wirless router and every one that you add to span a long distance decrease by half each one you extend through another extender. Most top out at 14mbps-24mbps as opposed to the wireless standard of 54mbps. I would suggest if you have the time to run a hardwire cat5 cable through the walls or even through the attic, this is actually not as hard as its sounds if you have a few tools for the job. I would run this cat5 cable from your origin wireless router through your house to where you use your laptop most, and add another wireless router at that end of the house. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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