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I'm after some advice please

Currently looking for a way to extend my 5GHZ to the other side of the room

I'm running an Asus Router 68u

How much of it matters if it isn't an Asus Wifi Extender ? can it just be any brand ?

Looking at the following on ebay, which outta these two would be suited to boost it

OEM Asus RP-AC56 AC1200 WiFi Extender Booster Repeater Access Point Smart Home
OEM Asus RP-AC52 AC750 WiFi Extender Booster Repeater Access Point Smart Home

Any other brands to look out for ?

Cheers,
Rain

What are the walls made from? Brick? Gyprock?

You could get another 68u and use the Asus Wifi Mesh system. I was using it earlier on in the year and it worked fairly well (after a bit of tweaking)

Cabled Gigabit Ethernet - you have already tried miserably with D-Link EoP earlier ( it died recently ).

boxheadmoose wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:51 pm What are the walls made from? Brick? Gyprock?

You could get another 68u and use the Asus Wifi Mesh system. I was using it earlier on in the year and it worked fairly well (after a bit of tweaking)

Double brick

another 68u sounds expensive to me, wifi extender seems the cheaper option if it can help of course

I do have a NetGear XR500 laying around can i do anything with that ?

Rain wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:30 pm

boxheadmoose wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:51 pm What are the walls made from? Brick? Gyprock?

You could get another 68u and use the Asus Wifi Mesh system. I was using it earlier on in the year and it worked fairly well (after a bit of tweaking)

Double brick

another 68u sounds expensive to me, wifi extender seems the cheaper option if it can help of course

I do have a NetGear XR500 laying around can i do anything with that ?

Double brick is going to be struggle

Is 2nd hand an option? Could prob get one for around $100 - $150

With the Netgear XR500, you could flash with DD-WRT and configure it as a wireless client

boxheadmoose wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:40 pm

Rain wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:30 pm

boxheadmoose wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:51 pm What are the walls made from? Brick? Gyprock?

You could get another 68u and use the Asus Wifi Mesh system. I was using it earlier on in the year and it worked fairly well (after a bit of tweaking)

Double brick

another 68u sounds expensive to me, wifi extender seems the cheaper option if it can help of course

I do have a NetGear XR500 laying around can i do anything with that ?

Double brick is going to be struggle

Is 2nd hand an option? Could prob get one for around $100 - $150

With the Netgear XR500, you could flash with DD-WRT and configure it as a wireless client

Flashing the Netgear XR500 with DD-WRTsounds like an option

Update: i ordered the OEM Asus RP-AC52 AC750 WiFi Extender Booster Repeater Access Point Smart Home off ebay and should have it some time next week or the week after it is coming from melbourne