CV-03 / NETWORK SETUP
Fix Wi-Fi With Router Placement First
Most weak-signal rooms are a furniture problem. The router is in the wrong place, and an extender will happily repeat the mistake.
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Network Setup
Wi-Fi problems are usually geometry problems. Move the router before you buy an extender, and check what the extender actually does to the signal you already have.
Two guides on the physical layer: where the router goes, and whether a mesh system or a plain extender is the honest fix for the rooms that stay slow.
- Router placement
- Channel width
- Mesh systems
- Extenders
- Wired backhaul
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Guides in Network Setup
CV-03 / NETWORK SETUP
Mesh System or Wi-Fi Extender?
Both add coverage. Only one adds a second radio dedicated to talking back to the router, and that difference decides the price.
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