#Apple airport extender performance plus
Plus I would pick something that you can swap over with the TC to take the role of main router should the TC fail in the next couple of years. The cheapest is to buy a simple wireless router with decent performance as the WAP.īasic considerations. Let me suggest 3 ways to go in the future. Then you set the wireless on the two devices to the same SSID (wireless name) same password. turn off the DHCP server and plug main router to LAN port of the second router). and almost every wireless router ever made can either be set to AP mode (AP and WAP mean the same thing) or standard wireless routers.įor example both the Asus and Synology I listed offer in the setup AP mode.īut any wireless router can be set to work as WAP by using a method called WAN BYPASS. However the standard WAP normally has limited LAN ports. Since you are connecting the WAP (wireless access point) by ethernet not wireless. which is giving you far slower internet access.Īll the extenders I found extend wirelessly if they do have an Ethernet port it's only to connect other peripherals. Notice it is N wireless and fast ethernet so very much the same specs as the Express. The TP-Link unit you picked is exactly the WRONG item.
#Apple airport extender performance full
work fine as WAP and full gigabit switch ports. I have even bought a few old cable modem gateways for $1 on eBay Netgear C6300. Not great as a router but don't use them for that duty. Or even the new cheapie end Chinese ones.Įdimax. Some of the Linksys or Netgear models are fine as WAP. like C9 or C7.Įven a second hand wireless router might do the job well enough for you in the short term. TP-Link for example makes cheaper models than ones I have listed at very reasonable prices. then stick to the TC as your main router for now and you can get any brand gigabit AC wireless router.
I do still like the better grade Asus routers. So pick something according to your budget and usage. you can still keep it as the extender using ethernet. I would buy something decent to replace the TC as your main router. since apple has gone out of the router business. This is just putting off the day when you will have no choice but to move brand. Should not be too expensive to buy second hand.
and you could use an Extreme if you wanted to. When you extend by wireless it must be another airport. You can use any wireless router you like since you are connecting the TC to this other router with ethernet.
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