Wireless Range Extender/Repeater/Whatever

[Sushubh]

Portable would be nice but not a necessity. Need to improve coverage on the ground floor.

 

[chaibiskutbhai]

Netgear WN1000RP Wi-Fi Booster for Mobile - Netgear: Flipkart.com

 

[Sushubh]

TP-Link model is a good looking one. :tongue:

TP-LINK 300 Mbps Universal WiFi - TP-LINK: Flipkart.com

Looks like the room freshener thing

 

[chaibiskutbhai]

But still feel hooking up a LAN cable to another router works best.

 

[Sushubh]

Ok. What about this model?

Netgear 300 Mbps Universal Wireless Range Extender (WN3000RP-100PES)
I ask because Snapdeal has a 100 rupee discount on it with MRP of Rs. 2749. Plus there is a 10% cashback on StanChart cards (which I have) which puts it at around Rs. 2474. Plus if the usual tricks would work, I can save an additional 10%.

 

[yashleo21]

I'll strongly advise to stay away from Netgear WN3000RP :'(

First problem is IP conflicts. You cannot change DHCP settings and its IPs are in the range 192.168.1.x
Devices will connect to it only 1 out of 3 times. I don't really know why this happens. Could be IP conflict issue.

Ofcourse this can be solved if you change access your modem settings and change its DHCP settings which I couldn't.

Do read its reviews as I remember someone else on this forum too who faced problems with that wireless extender.

 

[Sushubh]

lol

 

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[oyang6]

Few brands have launched routers with 9 dbi antennas.... recently 3 antennas products have before a rare breed....!

 

[oyang6]

Few brands have launched routers with 9 dbi antennas.... recently 3 antennas products have before a rare breed....!

By the way does the plug mountable range extenders really help ....? Bcos most of them have embedded antennas in them...!!!

 

[akg7091]

I am currently using a Netis WF2409. Best router I have ever used. Covers a 3 story 2000sft house in almost all areas ( weak, but usable signal across floors ). It has tooooooo many options compared to the older Netgear I had.
Give it a try

 

[ghpk]

Is your router on top floor ?
if yes, but an Additional Antenna or if your existing one is Detachable, Mount it outside the window/roof
if above fails, then
Flash a custom Firmware like DD-WRT and set to full throttle,
you would get better signals than bridging 2 routers.
As its Single Building I don't think anyone should use any other option.