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Suggestion for Wi-Fi Extender/Repeaters

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meet6600 Original post #1
Oct 17, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Hello,

Please suggest Wi-Fi Repeater for my home setup as follows:

1) Airtel V-Fiber 40 Mbps Plan provided with D-Link DSL-224
2) 3 BHK DDA Flat with Router placed in Drawing Room but coverage, not that good throughout.
3) Using a Xiaomi Mi Router 3C as Wi-Fi Repeater but it is not reliable or able to maintain a stable connection.

Brief History: I was facing connectivity issues for quite some time on my old ADSL Connection wherein the DSL light would disappear frequently. On one of the engineer visit, I got to know about V-Fiber availability and upgraded to that but connection remained intermittent. After several escalations/engineer visits, the home wiring was changed and now, connection to D-Link DSL-224 from Airtel is stable, but Xiaomi still keeps things intermittent. Now that I have got the connection checked from exchange till my router with new cabling plus observed main router behavior, I believe it is the Xiaomi at fault now for intermittent Wi-Fi.

Please suggest some alternatives or anything that can help me in maintaining a stable and reliable wireless connectivity with coverage throughout my home which was the case before 2017. Using Airtel since 2007 though,

Thanks,
meetdilip
Oct 17, 2017 at 1:14 PM
Most routers that are available these days also offer " repeater " function
M
Oct 17, 2017 at 1:20 PM
Most routers that are available these days also offer " repeater " function
Thanks for your reply but I need to know which one to get as I already have one of them which is not working as expected!
meetdilip
Oct 17, 2017 at 5:38 PM
iBall is a cheap option. There are dedicated repeaters. I have not used on though
S
Nov 20, 2017 at 9:56 AM
Linksys is recommended! RE6400 and RE7000 are all OK! The Linksys RE6400 is a direct rival to the TP-Link RE350. Rated up to AC1200 speeds and costing £45, it can’t claim to be the fastest Wi-Fi extender but it can deliver some reasonable speeds and offers good range.
M
Nov 20, 2017 at 2:50 PM
Linksys is recommended! RE6400 and RE7000 are all OK! The Linksys RE6400 is a direct rival to the TP-Link RE350. Rated up to AC1200 speeds and costing £45, it can’t claim to be the fastest Wi-Fi extender but it can deliver some reasonable speeds and offers good range.
Unable to find any valid link for purchase in India or whether this is officially available or not!
M
Nov 20, 2017 at 2:50 PM
Mods, request to close this thread. Thank you!