Best Wi-Fi Range Extender: Ultimate Wi-Fi Buying Guide 2022

If you just need an extra room’s worth of range from your Wi-Fi router, then a plug-in extender like these might be the answer.

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[zouhaird]

Wired the house with cat6 cable and had a bunch of old routers laying around used them as access points zero dead zones

[salocin]

When using some products under the same company the extender does not show up as a separate network, for example if you connect a TP-Link OneMesh enabled router to a OneMesh extender then it will all operate under one network (show up as one network in wifi settings) and the phone, console, tv etc just uses the one with the best signal, This is different from just renaming the extender and is more effective.

[CrucialConflict.]

I just switched to eero and all my wifi issues were gone, zero dead spots.
I just don't recommend eero for people who love playing /messing/modifying with routers settings.

[brucerumrey]

Thanks for the helpful video, I have never hear of a mesh router before I believe that it will work the best for me Thanks again

[akshaybhoir]

RE605X or RE700x

RE700x has internal Antenna and RE605x has external Antenna

Which one should i go for will use it for onemesh
Basically want to use extend 5Ghz band for Gaming

I have Tplink AX80 Router

[RaedVS]

Since your main router is a Netgear one, I have to mention this amazing extender I personally use: Netgear EX6110.
It is incredibly small, or as we like to say Tiny but Mighty, up to AC1200, can do dual bands, but my recommendation, and the standout feature it has, is this option called Fast Lane, where it basically uses one band to connect to the router, and the other to output to its area, and I get amazing speeds that way, almost as fast as the source router, with little to no dropped connections, and that way I kept the main router broadcasting dual bands for older devices. I have it set up to receive on 2.4 and output 5GHz, as I have a lot of concrete walls and this setup was the best for my home. And it was very affordable, $75 in its highest price, I got it at $50.

[gustavobarandas]

Thanks for that I was looking for one!!

[thisisjmx]

TP Link extenders after really easy to set up with the app.

[United_Wings]

good timing, I'm looking for this

[JeremyWilliamson]

GOOD STUFF!! THANK YOU!! I wanna get one now that I understand them!!

[vikrantl]

Hey guru
If i name the original wifi name and the wifi name of the extender the same, will my vpn connection break when I move across the two WiFi?
Thank you.

[ej]

I may have to upgrade my cheap one outdated one I got from Fry's electronics years ago. Thanks for the suggestions.

[konc]

Any chance CNET can do a wireless booster review for those who go camping and need to use the public WiFi?

[johnbehneman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. I LEARNED SO MUCH.

[mrgalvez]

Thank you so much for this very good information. Happy to like and subscribe!! (Smashed it!)

[PhilChandlerArts]

I need something that can get through a couple of walls of concrete. I'm renting a set of wifi pods from my provider that is working well, but I pay a monthly fee for it. I'd really like to buy something outright, but I need to find something that's just as powerful.

[jed-henrywitkowski]

I need to something that's good for use at a coffee shop, hotel... place where I do not have access to the router.

[Quettesh]

Changing the SSID to be the same doesn't solve the issue that devices tend to keep being connected to the original source if possible. You are talking about mesh network, having an extender with the same SSID is something completely different.

[zeroturn]

If you have a one story floor plan, just get a router the speed double your square footage.

[DadoRijeka]

If the main roter has radio on AUTO will the extender also change radio channel automatically?