Netgear EX6250 AC1750 Wi-Fi Mesh Extender $124 + Shipping ($0 Pickup or in-Store) @ Bunnings Warehouse

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Ltaatay on 14/01/2022 - 14:01 bunnings.com.au (521 clicks)
Last edited 14/01/2022 - 14:33 by 2 other users

Hi first time poster here so please be kind!

I was looking for a decent wifi extender and this had good reviews. This is much cheaper than other stores such as JB Hi-Fi and Officeworks at $199.00. For some reason, Bunnings still shows it as $148 on Google searches but it goes down to $124 on their site. Picked one up at our local Bunnings.

We just installed it for our double brick house with internal brick walls and the rooms that couldn't get ONE bar of wifi now has full bars.

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Easily create a whole-home WiFi mesh with your existing router.
Smart roaming. One WiFi name
Compatible with any brand WiFi router / modem router
Dual band WiFi up to 1750Mbps
Simple set up
The AC1750 WiFi mesh extender lets you create whole-home WiFi mesh with your existing router. It features smart roaming and one WiFi name for seamless WiFi connection throughout your network. It supports 802.11ac, ax and a/b/g/n WiFi devices and works with your existing WiFi router. Nighthawk® App allows for quick setup and easy extender management.

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  Brgc on 14/01/2022 - 14:17

  +2

  Same price at Amazon and you could price match at Officeworks $117.8

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  scrimshaw on 14/01/2022 - 14:35

  I'm guessing this is an EasyMesh certified router? First time I've seen or heard of a mesh router that's multi-vendor compatible.

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    Twix on 14/01/2022 - 15:16

    +1

    Netgear EX6250 Wi-Fi extender doesn't say if it's supports the EasyMesh standard.

    EasyMesh was introduced around 2018 and never really took off. Telstra's Smart Modem Gen 2 and Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2, some of the Netgear Nighthawk routers and D-Link COVR routers support EasyMesh.

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    norkle on 14/01/2022 - 21:37

    +1

    Not sure it does easy mesh.

    You can either do idiot proof app setup, or tweak the channels, DHCP etc.

    Solid extender, can recommend

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  Name on 14/01/2022 - 14:36

  My current router puts out two ssid - one for 2.4ghz and one for 5ghz. Does anyone know if this repeater can repeat both ssid's or does the setup only allow for the same ssid on both bands?

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    scrimshaw on 14/01/2022 - 14:48

    +1

    If it's anything like my ASUS Aimesh router, it'll still have the capability to broadcast both 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks. However, it will use one of those as the backhaul if you aren't connecting an Ethernet cable.

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    norkle on 14/01/2022 - 21:35

    +1

    You can set it up that way, exactly what I have.

    It will use one to repeat back to your router.

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  motlking on 14/01/2022 - 15:05

  Would these work with the Orbi system?

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    Twix on 14/01/2022 - 15:19

    Netgear EX6250 will work. Personally I would purchase another Orbi add-on satellite.

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    norkle on 14/01/2022 - 21:37

    It is not intend as an Orbi satellite, only Orbi branding does that

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  littlesoldier on 14/01/2022 - 15:51

  +2

  While it is marketed as "mesh" extender
  I doubt it will work like how normal mesh network works

  Normal mesh network use a wire or wireless backhaul to communicate to all the nodes
  which allows a client device to find the best path to reach back to the router
  mesh network also allows client to move around the network coverage and connection will seamlessly change nodes without dropping out

  Since this is a "standalone" extender that just purely connect as a wifi client
  not sure whether the router can even smart enough to route clients that connect to this "node"
  I have a feeling this is just an "extender" that re-broadcast the wifi signal
  smart routing might not work unless you have multiple of this extender to form a mesh subnetwork

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    norkle on 14/01/2022 - 21:41

    Yep. Default setup will put all clients on its own subnet from memory. It can extend a mesh network, you tell it which SSID's to extend on 2.4 & 5GHz