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Will range extender increase or reduce network speed?
Will range extender increase or reduce network speed?
2020-04-20 02:59:42 - last edited 2024-07-10 03:56:10
Model: RE220  
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Some articles said that the speed of RE will be cut into a half, especiall single-band RE. Would you tell if this is the true?

and also, if I bought an RE with higher speed than the router, will it increase the network speed of the network? 

Thanks!

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Re:Will range extender increase or reduce network speed?
2020-04-20 12:09:32 - last edited 2024-07-10 03:56:04

@Cherish.Chen Yes, that's right.

RE needs to receive data from router then forward to the PC/client, and vice versa. And this can not happen at the same time. Wireless communication is half-duplex! And we can not change this, even with higher speed on RE than router. 

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2020-04-22 09:27:25

@Kevin_Z 

But some said that dual-band RE can get around this because the dual-band RE can use different bands to communite with the router and our connected devices at the same time. So what is the fact?

Does it decrease 50%  or more speed? 

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Re:Will range extender increase or reduce network speed?
2020-04-24 02:12:19

@Kevin_Z 

and as you mentioned, RE with High speed mode can improve the speed. What about APS? What's the difference and which one is better?

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