WIFI RANGE EXTENDERS / Do they work?

I had little luck with extenders.  Sometimes they help and other times not.  We replaced the extenders with google mesh system and the trains and everything else works great

Marty

I bought an extender (Netgear) because my computer was at the far end of my house and 1 floor up from my AT&T Fiber modem and router.  That worked fine for my computer, so I bought another extender for the other distant corner of my house where a TV was located.  Suffice it to say that 2 extenders do nothing but conflict with each other (at least in my case), so one went back.  When necessary, I will upgrade to a mesh system.

Chuck

Some years ago I bought the Google WiFi MESH system, it's worked great here in a 4 level 3500 sq/ft townhouse.  Since the router was on the basement level, it was necessary to greatly expand the network the upper floors.  I think Google now sells the NEST stuff, but it should be at least as good as my slightly aging technology.

I just did a quick check with my phone of my Internet connectivity, not too shabby for WiFi.

I have a range extender for my MTH DCS Wifi and it works great.  Mesh is better but if you only need the 1 extended connection, the extender should be less expensive.  Just remember these are "repeaters" so ideally they should be placed as close to in-the-middle between your router and your base3.

Tony

Any recommendations on one to try ??

I think he needs to connect and stay connected before U/D speeds are tackled.  How far apart are the Router & Base3... and, are they separated by walls and/or floors?  And just to check is the Base3 set to AP (Access Point) or does it connect to your Router.  If connected to the Router did you assign a Static IP or is an IP assigned to the Base3 by the Router each time you connect?

I also use Channel 5 on the Base3... you may want to test channels 5 through 9 and see if those channels experience less interference/connectivity issues.

That's a lot of questions!