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Apartment or condo
$209.99 manufacturer price
Two-story family home
About $300 for 2 units
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$299.99 manufacturer price
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Multi-floor roaming, separate networks for guests and devices, multi-gig wiring and access point placement.
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Start with the router finder if your home is typical. Consider a consultation for very large homes, block or brick homes with several floors, multi-gig wiring, or separate networks for devices and guests.
Not always. Wi-Fi 7 helps most when you have Wi-Fi 7 devices, a busy network or an internet plan above 1 Gbps. For a small home on a 500 Mbps plan, a good Wi-Fi 6 or 6E router is often enough.
As a rule of thumb, one access point covers about 1,800 sq ft with drywall walls, less with plaster or block walls, and multi-floor homes over about 1,200 sq ft usually need one per floor. If you need more than one, a mesh system linked by Ethernet works best.
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