I've been seeking an easy way to extend the range of my home network and recently purchased a Linksys router. My initial thought was that it would be easiest to extend the range of the network with a Linksys extender - the RE1000. Big mistake. Granted that extenders are not a panacea to range...
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Adding the extender causes the signal to drop, come back, drop again, back and forth and it drives me crazy. This product would have been much better if you could specify a different SSID for the extended portion of the network. I think this unreliability is caused by some devices being confused...
Read the full review →The Access Point I have at home was having issues processing both wireless N and G/B at the same time. I had picked up one of these to boost the range a bit and it also helps carry the load by taking the wireless G/B devices and rebroadcasting back to the access point as N. Range/speed increase...
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