2,300 sf home. Will this router work w/no extenders? Also, I have 4 TV's w/Netflix streams. 1 Xbox for online play & 5 Computers. Can it support them?
174156
I am not using any extenders still I get 100 mbps about 50 feet away. It should support, If you not using everything together.
174157
Depends on the home - if it were very long and narrow and had thick, insulated walls it might now cover the whole area unless you locate it in the middle. I don't do the gaming thing so cannot answer that question, although I see no reason it shouldn't work unless the firmware issue where there is no accessibility for shares over the wireless comes into play.
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I just had this router installed by my ISP. I'm very impressed with it so far. I have a 2 acre lot around my 3700 square foot house. It covers the first acre of it at 2.4Ghz and covers the entire house at 5Ghz but doesn't go very far outside. Of course limited range is one of the things about 5G.
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I stream Netflix and movies from my computer to my XBox on a 42" HDTV. I have been very impressed with the quality and lack of disruptions. Formally I had a Linksys WRT54 type wireless router and constantly had problems streaming Netflix to my XBox that was poor quality to begin with. The problems went away as soon as I hooked up the WRT610N and also put a wireless N antenna on the XBox. I would think the most important thing is that your DVD player connects via wireless N rather than G and that it isn't too far from the access point. If that is the case, you shouldn't have any problems.
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No, it will only "extend" existing wireless network generated from your existing router. I purchased one of these but returned it. I have a router with both 2.4G and 5G but the extender only picked up the 2.4G so mind did not work as advertised.Some folk have good luck with these but many of the complaints on the wed describe my situation with the device -- Hope this helps
303846
Works flawlessly. I use wmc with 5 Xbox extenders. It can handle them all given u have the correct hardware
1188410
The router works fine. However, I have metal studs in my home and therefore the full power did not reach to the far end of the house. I bought an extender and now have full power everywhere. Easy setup. Just make sure you set up extender plugged in next to your computer and then move it to the location to want....they left out that set. You may not even need an extender.
1188411
Easy enough set-up and good enough for what you say you will need it for as long as your devices aren't too far away from the router. If you ever want to stream video, such as Netflix or Hulu or have a multi-level home, this will not work effectively. If you want to do the latter as I mentioned I would suggest the Asus RT-N66U or the newer AC66U. The N model, which I have, is cheaper and works very well in my multi-level home. I probably get greater than 100 ft coverage on my Asus. Good luck!
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I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings. Really a freaking nice device, at least for me. Took less than 10 minutes to set up at a leisurely pace. I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings.... » Read More I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings. Really a freaking nice device, at least for me. Took less than 10 minutes to set up at a leisurely pace. « Show Less
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your range, of course, is as far as your circuitry goes in the dwelling. I image you're trying to extend your range outside of the dwelling. I do not, however, have any knowledge of an extender working but I do know that another hub will work when hung off of one of them. That being the case, my impression would be that thestextender would work. I'm interested if it will. Let me know...
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A number of them will work. I purchased the following Net Gear: NETGEAR AC750 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX6100) . I was able to make it work pretty easily. I was able to push the signal farther out of the house (to the backyard) and increase the speed in the family room.
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I doubt it I have added a Belkin range extender, mine is no more than 50ft from the end of house bedroom, admittedy the main router signal goes through some thick timber, but its in the middle of the house in the basement, and only sometimes gets a signal at the end of house bedroom upstairs.
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I just setup this router with my PC and it works just fine. I have 1Gb connections on both of my PC and 300Mb on my macbook also i connected Wii (wirelessly), Xbox (wired) and a printer (wired). Also, I was able to connect my sling box to the router with almost no problem, which also works perfect. I have a switch connected to one of the router ports, that's why I can connect so many devices on only 3 LAN ports given.There is an installation disk that comes with the router just install it on you PC, connect WAN and LAN cords and you are good to go.
920385
Has your neighbor granted you permission to use his Wifi? This arrangement will work, provided that you get a strong enough signal. I had the very same arrangement at our lake cottage (neighbor used my wifi), but our lake lots are only 25 feet wide and my router is about 20 feet away from his Cyberstat. He eventually got his own Internet as his kids wanted Netflix. Good luck.
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My bet is no. Not consistently. You're better off to put in a series of access points, or, depending on the number of units, power-over-ethernet (D-Link calls it Powerline AV). IF you're going the PowerLine route, make sure you don't get the minis because they're limited compared to the other series which is actually addressable through a web browser. Short of going REAL Cisco, I don't think there is a single wireless router that will handle an 'enormous' house. Despite what D-Link says.
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I have somewhat the same set up as you David but I have two walls inbetween my router and BD390 as it sits about 53ft in distance in the lower living room. The w-ifi works good for us as I use the Netgear WNDR3700 model. Once in a great while as we load the HD portion of the Netflix on it will not download all "bars" but then as it begins to play it does stop to reconfigure
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My need was to push a signal to an out building 250ft downhill from my residence. I placed the extender at the peak of the roof in the attic, (at the end of the house, closest to the out building). Plug the unit into a power outlet and presto I had a 3 bar signal to the out building. No additional connections or any other add-ons of any sort. Also, I'm using the NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Gigabit Router (R7000).
220139
I use it as an extender from my router near my computer. The extender is 3 rooms away and with both gives me coverage on 3 floors including the basement of my large house. I am happy with it, but next time would probably buy a more powerful one (more $$$ of course).