Comment on Which is better for my network, an extender or another router?

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  His router is tri-band though meaning it has 2 5ghz transceivers. His extender usually you use one of them as a backplane for ap->ap communication so it doesn’t interfere with your performance.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m living in WiFi 5 world so this is new info to me. Neat.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wifi 5 vs 6, 6E and 7 are worlds different. A LOT has changed in that time.

      It was either 6 or 7 that was designed with mesh/extenders in mind, and it actually works really well if you have good hardware.

      Also even in the wifi 5 days they made mesh/extenders explicitly with duplex issues in mind. Just about every high end wifi 5 system had at least dual band wifi, with most having 3.

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  • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    His router is tri-band though meaning it has 2 5ghz transceivers.

    Unfortunately, for many models - like the Linksys WRT 3200ACM - that second antenna (technically the third one) doesn’t function at all without the manufacturer’s firmware. It’s a dead stick with any third-party firmware, and is 100% software-enabled.

    I have found this fact to be reliable whether it is DD-WRT or OpenWRT, and across several different manufacturers including Asus and D-Link.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This thread is just full of super useful info. Cheers and thanks!

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• BeefBeeferson@toast.ooo ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok, thanks for the help - I will look into what I can do with an access point and I should be able to get something going and it looks like significantly cheaper.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No problem, also look at atzenteol@sh.itjust.works’ comment in reply to mine. They have some info I wasn’t aware of regarding tri-band WiFi routers. I’m living in WiFi 5 land, so I wasn’t aware of this cool trick:

    His router is tri-band though meaning it has 2 5ghz transceivers. With an extender usually you use one of them as a backplane for ap->ap communication so it doesn’t interfere with your performance.

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