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by shoo_pl 2414 days ago
Repeaters are the _worst_ choice of all.

Repeaters are put where your signal is already low (not right to the router's antenna). This means they will just repeat signal that is already low, and the further you get from repeater itself the signal will get even worse.

Ie. You put repeater where your signal is at 50%. When you stand near it with your phone, it will show full wifi, but it will be just at 50% of the original one. Then you move away from repeater and you see that your signal is at 50%, which in reality means it's just 25% of the original... so yea, that sucks.

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Maybe I should have clarified: the RE650 is marketed as a repeater but it has an ethernet port and can be used as a simple access point.