So as you may have seen in the other thread, I moved not too long ago and have been setting up my basement man cave. The internet router/access point (comcast) is in my office in an upstairs bedroom. I hard-wire my old pc, mostly because it doesn't have wifi
but I also like having all the office crap in the office. I think it's the Xfi stuff (new as of october this past fall)
2 stories down in the basement, the internet works, but occasionally it will buffer during netflix or streaming music.
I'd like to keep 1 networkID for the whole house, so the mesh set up is ideal.
I see xfinity offers these 3-pack of xFi pods for about 120 bucks to mixed reviews and the fact that they will only ever work with comcast hardware. While I don't see the ISP changing any time soon (nothing else here, really) I'd prefer an agnostic solution.
Can I just plug in a repeater somewhere in the house? Do I need an additional router to make the global mesh network?
I'd love to just plug something like this in the wall in the living room and call it a day. is it that simple?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q2WQWT7/ref=psdc_3015439011_t1_B010S6SG3S?th=1
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2 stories down in the basement, the internet works, but occasionally it will buffer during netflix or streaming music.
I'd like to keep 1 networkID for the whole house, so the mesh set up is ideal.
I see xfinity offers these 3-pack of xFi pods for about 120 bucks to mixed reviews and the fact that they will only ever work with comcast hardware. While I don't see the ISP changing any time soon (nothing else here, really) I'd prefer an agnostic solution.
Can I just plug in a repeater somewhere in the house? Do I need an additional router to make the global mesh network?
I'd love to just plug something like this in the wall in the living room and call it a day. is it that simple?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q2WQWT7/ref=psdc_3015439011_t1_B010S6SG3S?th=1