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I have jio fiber modem/router installed in 1 room, the signal is weak in one of the far away room. I have installwd a LAN cable between the two rooms. Please suggest a wifi extender that will be used just to provide signal in that room. Looking for some affordable options.

Will this work?
D-Link DIR-615 Wi-fi Ethernet-N300 Single_band 300Mbps Router, Mobile App Support, Router | AP | Repeater | Client Modes(Black) costs 800.

Donot buy 300Mbps one if you are using 5GHz network. You will not get optimal speed.

I am using this one for my parents, cheaper and works flawlessly. MERCUSYS AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender

In my second home, I am sometime use an old TPlink router in bridge mode.

A cheap 2nd router will surely be a good cheap option as you have LAN wire in 2nd room, but you will have 2 different wifi connections under same roof.

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bubusam13 said:
Donot buy 300Mbps one if you are using 5GHz network. You will not get optimal speed.

I am using this one for my parents, cheaper and works flawlessly. MERCUSYS AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender

In my second home, I am sometime use an old TPlink router in bridge mode.

I only have 150 mbps speed connection, and am looking to connect second router via lan. will 5Ghz still benefit me?

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omega44-xt said:
A cheap 2nd router will surely be a good cheap option as you have LAN wire in 2nd room, but you will have 2 different wifi connections under same roof.

I think mobile will reconnect to better connection if other is weak?

cooldude94 said:
I only have 150 mbps speed connection, and am looking to connect second router via lan. will 5Ghz still benefit me?

NO for the current bandwidth.
YES of you want to future proof the purchase.

cooldude94 said:
I only have 150 mbps speed connection, and am looking to connect second router via lan. will 5Ghz still benefit me?

Yes, I haven't seen more than 50-60Mbps on 2.4GHz WiFi.

cooldude94 said:
I think mobile will reconnect to better connection if other is weak?

Not as seemless as you would like, but yes.

One query guys,

My Network setup with Alliance Broadband is:--->

MATCH-EB-LINK(XPON ONU) Modem + Tp-Link Archer C6(WiFi Router)

Now, I have a Tp-Link RE200 Range Extender/Repeater configured and connected with this Network setup.

Can I use another Range Extender by Tp-Link or Netgear or any other manufacturer that will be connected (-and configured) by the Setup network(Archer C6 router) and use it?

Or will the existing RE200 interfere in the networking?

@whitestar_999 ,any idea or advise as such for the above comment. :chinscratch:

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kg11sgbg said:
@whitestar_999 ,any idea or advise as such for the above comment.

Another RE200 should have no issues with existing setup.

How about this:--->

Nepstech XPON ONU Router

for my Alliance BB connection?

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kg11sgbg said:
How about this:--->

Nepstech XPON ONU Router

for my Alliance BB connection?

ONU router are meant for optical fiber connection so their compatibility with your existing optical fiber ISP can only be confirmed by either ISP or experimenting first.

whitestar_999 said:
ONU router are meant for optical fiber connection so their compatibility with your existing optical fiber ISP can only be confirmed by either ISP or experimenting first.

Actually Alliance BB users(like me) use XPON based router for Fibre network.This was confirmed through my local cable vendor and also Alliance BB themselves.

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kg11sgbg said:
Actually Alliance BB users(like me) use XPON based router for Fibre network.This was confirmed through my local cable vendor and also Alliance BB themselves.

So why do you want this specific router, is the one given by alliance not working well?

P.S. Due to serious forum spam affecting google page rank of even digit main site, the admin has disabled posting links here so when posting a link copy paste the portion after https & post it like www.testlink.com

Ultimately,purchased a new XPON ONU Router from Amazon.
It is a DIGISOL DG-GR6821AC router.
Everything is functioning fine

This is that router
www.digisol.com

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kg11sgbg said:
Ultimately,purchased a new XPON ONU Router from Amazon.
It is a DIGISOL DG-GR6821AC router.
Everything is functioning fine

This is that router
www.digisol.com

That's good. Any specific advantage of this router over ISP provided router?

Digisol.com is just website of manufacturer, were you unable to post the exact product link after removing www?

whitestar_999 said:
That's good. Any specific advantage of this router over ISP provided router?

Digisol.com is just website of manufacturer, were you unable to post the exact product link after removing www?

Actually router provided by Alliance was only a xpon onu (line based) router.
For your second part,I wanted to provide the link as per your ,P.S. suggestions/instructionts. But am unable to do that.
Let me try once more.

Sorry,Friend unable to post through "insert link" category.

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kg11sgbg said:
Actually router provided by Alliance was only a xpon onu (line based) router.
For your second part,I wanted to provide the link as per your ,P.S. suggestions/instructionts. But am unable to do that.
Let me try once more.

Sorry,Friend unable to post through "insert link" category.

Don't "insert link", simply copy paste the link first in notepad then remove everything in front of www & then paste that modified link from notepad in post here.

whitestar_999 said:
Don't "insert link", simply copy paste the link first in notepad then remove everything in front of www & then paste that modified link from notepad in post here.

Okay, I got you.
www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

But,again, I fail.

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kg11sgbg said:
Okay, I got you.
www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

But,again, I fail.

This works fine.

whitestar_999 said:
Don't "insert link", simply copy paste the link first in notepad then remove everything in front of www & then paste that modified link from notepad in post here.

Easier way to do it is to simply paste stuff starting from "www." or after, no need of notepad :

Something like this:
www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC
or
amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC

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omega44-xt said:
Easier way to do it is to simply paste stuff starting from "www." or after, no need of notepad :

Something like this:
www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC
or
amazon.in/gp/product/B09LCGX9DC

Yes this also works, notepad suggestion was mainly to eliminate any fancy format/font copy feature so common in many browsers nowadays as most ppl don't use the ctrl+shift+v option to paste which strips any additional stuff from all copied text before pasting unlike ctrl+v.