Reddit reviews TP-Link AC750 Wifi Range Extender | Up to 750Mbps | Dual Band WiFi Extender, Repeater, Wifi Signal Booster, Access Point| Easy Set-Up | Extends Wifi to Smart Home & Alexa Devices (RE200)

This should be what you're looking for.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00NR2VMNC/

Eventually you'll find yourself running cables all over your home to improve quality. I have Cat6 and Coax running all over my house. I have a 16 port gigabit router in the basement so I never experience network slowdown from streaming from the web or my media server.

My father moved our roof antenna into the attack when we redid our roof. It has a straight run (single cable, no splitters or joiners) to a 6 port splitter in the basement. Which has straight cable runs to all the rooms in the house. So no signal degradation occurs from using multiple splitters. The next step will be a powered splitter, https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000WDR94U/.

The chime didn’t really do much, and in fact, actually gave me worse performance than my regular network.

Now I use one of these. It’s just a regular WiFi extender, and it’s in my garage near the outside camera. I’ve had great signal this way.

I bought this this about two years ago and it worked well. It being two years ago I don't remember the exact steps I had to do. But IIRC it was just a matter of plugging in the extender to an outlet and then visiting the extenders' setup page to configure it to connect to the desired network and then connecting to the extended network (which you can name whatever you like).

TP-Link RE200. Bonus: it'll extend and improve your wifi on the other side while it's at it.

Don't allow it to connect to the router on both bands - pick one, and only one; leave the other one unconnected. (That way it will use the unconnected radio on a separate band from your router, minimizing wifi congestion.)

Excellent luck with this'

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NR2VMNC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This one works for me. You can get the single band also.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NR2VMNC?keywords=tp%20link%20wifi%20extender&qid=1453150877&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

So what you do is plug it in to the power outlet next to your PS4 and after its setup it grabs your wifi signal and boosts it so you can get better reception. Some have ethernet ports so you can basically be wired from the WiFi extender to your PS4 which is what I would recommend.

https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-AC750-Wi-Fi-Extender-RE200/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1525376303&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=wifi+extender&psc=1 is a decent one although the Linsys and netgear ones are good also.

You can get a wi-fi range extender, such as this example.

If you are using wireless get a wireless extender it will extend your wifi and you can have a wired connector to xbox...it's help me with online gaming on my xbox
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_DwWFwb0K11E1V

http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-N300-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender/dp/B004YAYM06/

Or

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-AC750-Wi-Fi-Extender-RE200/dp/B00NR2VMNC/

You could try something like this. If the extended range doesn't work it has an ethernet port on the bottom that will do what you want.

Also, when I say range extender I'm referring to something like THIS, which seems like it's technically more of a repeater I think?

Also, just buy a standard modem from them and use a store bought router. Almost always will be better quality. Then, if you still have issues, buy a range etender like this: https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-RE200-Universal-Wireless-Indicator/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1542650579&sr=8-5&keywords=tplink+wifi+extender

Ah, I wasn't aware that 5 GHz had a smaller range. Would something like [this] (https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-Extends-Devices-RE200/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497838931&sr=8-2&keywords=wifi+range+extender+ac) be a good investment?

Her house is 2 stories and quite large.

Wow that would drive me up the wall. But yeah as someone suggested, if you've got dual band router it'll be easier because you can use wireless isolation and only you connect to it. alternatively pick up a Wifi range extender, give it a different SSID than your main network, and password protect it so only you can access it.

I have This plugged in behind my TV, Wired into my desktop and everything else wireless. Works great.

Edit: You'll probably still need to do Wireless Isolation in the settings.

I have a WiFi range extender that I would be willing to part with. It works, it just wasn’t necessary for our house. I’d sell it for $10. This is the model: TP-Link AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE200) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9BD0AbNCZZC9T

> Once my computer is built, then I will look into the extensions and smaller things to make it look better, unless you have any brands or types off the top of your head.

What "smaller things" are you looking at?
For the extensions, you can buy them from CableMod. They're high quality and I can recommend them.

> Looking into the case fans I see what you mean about the noise vs the actual performance. I think those fans will suit me just great!

Just to be very clear about my fan suggestion, they are NOT the most silent & best performing fans you can get.
They only just look very damn cool, while being okay in terms of noise & performance.

> The modem and router I have are all in one unit. It is a modem/router combo. So I would have to get a modem as well. Any suggestions?

This depends on your ISP and what you get inside your house. A modem pretty much converts "the internet" into bits and bytes. A router, "routes" the internet to all the devices in your home. A switch is simply a device that allows you to "split up" the internet cables.

I recommend to buy a seperate router & modem. Here is an article that explains why, but it also gives you the benefits of buying a combo unit.

I would have a look at your current router / modem. If you can make a picture and share it with me, I can have a look to see what you've got and what you need to get.
Your ISP likely got a box somewhere in your house where "the internet" comes out off. That's the ISP it's modem. So likely, you don't need to buy a modem.
But I have no experience with US ISPs, so this may not be true.

> I still like to have it broadcast a good ways so I can use the wifi on my phone when out in the backyard

Depending on how far the backyard is, you may need to buy an WiFi range extender. This picks up the signal from the router and sends it out again from that point.

> Also, I have no experience what so ever when it comes to setting up a modem or router. What do I need to do?

This is luckily not very difficult anymore these days and especially if you buy from a good brand like TP-Link, Netgear, Linksys, DLink, etc.
Then once you've connected all the cables (power, ethernet) etc, you need to connect to the router and enter the password that's on the back / sticker.

After that, you can go to a website where you login again and from there on, you'll mostly get a "quick start" setup. Where you get to enable and disable all kinds of things, very easy most of the time.

You're looking for a dual band wifi extender. Just saw one on sale yesterday. Unfortunately, that's not the case today. Maybe more sales to come this monday.

For reference

If your Apple devices are working well. And the extenders failed. You could just replace them with different extenders. https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-Repeater-Housing-RE200/dp/B00NR2VMNC/

If ones connected to Ethernet failed you could just buy another router and set it up with the same WiFi password. Which is all that Apple did. Note you can do with with the Google WiFi pucks by putting them in bridge mode.

Also the Airports are pretty plentiful on eBay. It might be easier to just pick them up. And put off the migration.

Between the external houses and the main house. If they are all connected to the same electrical grid you can look into Ethernet over power line adapters to hardwire in the devices to get better performance than multi-hop WiFi extenders.

Wifi range extenders work wonders.

Got one that has an ethernet port in it for my room. Run a line from that to my pc, and I basically get the same speeds as I would if i had a direct plug in. Sometimes I don't, but even then I still gets a connection thats about 3 times stronger than if I was just using wifi.

I use this one:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AC750-Wi-Fi-Extender-RE200/dp/B00NR2VMNC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485423647&sr=8-1&keywords=tp+link+range+extender

Thanks for the reply! I don't believe the US-8-60W does 24V passive. I'm planning on getting an injector and an AP-AC Lite.

I guess my main point is that I'm currently running one of these and one of these. They meet my current needs perfectly. The only reason I need a switch is so I can add some cameras. The AP will be just an extra goody. I don't mind managing the AP separately from the cameras.

With the UniFi switch I'll need a UniFi controller, correct? Does that need to be running constantly or can I have it available on my main PC incase I need to change something?