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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1838979" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Directly plugging into the Ethernet port is always going to be faster than WiFi (which is over the air and susceptible to interference from other devices, walls and so on).</p><p></p><p>If you intend to stick with the Airport Extreme, then you can pair them up to with as many Airport Expresses as you want to get the coverage you need.</p><p></p><p>However, know that the entire Airport line of hardware is no longer manufactured by Apple and isn't getting any updates at all. There are a lot newer routers that have much newer technologies (beam forming antennas, for example) and faster WiFi standards that you might want to explore.</p><p></p><p>I had the Airport Extreme Base Station and one Airport Express serving my house and doing it well for the past decade or so. I recently switched to TP-Link Archer 20 and the accompanying wireless extender and the overall performance boost has been great.'</p><p></p><p>The TP-Link broadcasts 2 5G networks and 1 2.4G network. So I can isolate certain devices on different networks. I've put my consoles and mobile devices (iPhone, iPad) on 1 5G network and the computers on the second 5G network.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1838979, member: 110816"] Directly plugging into the Ethernet port is always going to be faster than WiFi (which is over the air and susceptible to interference from other devices, walls and so on). If you intend to stick with the Airport Extreme, then you can pair them up to with as many Airport Expresses as you want to get the coverage you need. However, know that the entire Airport line of hardware is no longer manufactured by Apple and isn't getting any updates at all. There are a lot newer routers that have much newer technologies (beam forming antennas, for example) and faster WiFi standards that you might want to explore. I had the Airport Extreme Base Station and one Airport Express serving my house and doing it well for the past decade or so. I recently switched to TP-Link Archer 20 and the accompanying wireless extender and the overall performance boost has been great.' The TP-Link broadcasts 2 5G networks and 1 2.4G network. So I can isolate certain devices on different networks. I've put my consoles and mobile devices (iPhone, iPad) on 1 5G network and the computers on the second 5G network. [/QUOTE]
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