That’s how far WiFi technology has come in just two years. This is the best coverage we’ve had – those furthest rooms have often been a mid-range signal area – in fact just two years ago when we moved here we had a WiFi range extender in the middle to give better coverage up there. Even in the furthest bedroom of the home upstairs – the opposite end of the home.
Despite this – “great” coverage all over. Our two-story layout is not uncommon for many, but I’ve also done the worst thing possible and placed our internet connection and WiFi router in the bottom corner of the home. Now, I’m not saying we’ve got a massive house, but it’s certainly not small. This is a cool little tool that gives you an instant coverage report, but perhaps better still you can draw a floorplan of your home and do tests throughout to give you a heat-map of WiFi signal strength. I downloaded Telstra’s “ WiFi Maximiser” app. Netgear has a WiFi coverage app, but I wanted to look for a coverage report using an independent App. While it’s great to look at – with light-up tips of each of the antennas there is genuine performance benefits.Ĭombined with the tri-band WiFi networks this router has given my entire home a boost in WiFi coverage. This means the router is receiving a much cleaner and stronger signal right from the get-go, reducing signal degradation in the space between the antenna and motherboard. The R8500 flips that on its head, with the amplifier located at the top of the antenna. On routers until now the amplifier of the WiFi signal sat on the motherboard of the router with a cable running up the antenna. These are “industry first” “Active Antennas”. When I first saw the R8500 at CES in January I was impressed by the antenna technology.
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I chose to mount this one on the wall to allow me to free up desk space, and point the antenna in more specific directions around my home. After a couple of years of stealth like designs with six or more antenna’s the R8500 is quite a stylish device from a design perspective. This R8500 from Netgear is a while new look for the company, heading back to a more traditional “box” look with a nice swirled design on the front/top. However if it’s quality and signal you want, you ave to spend money – you get what you pay for here. The router your ISP provides will give you WiFi, so will a router at almost any price. The problem for most people is they don’t realise what they need until they’ve invested in, or been given, something that just doesn’t cut it.
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