Speaker 1
Yeah, I, um, I purchased, uh, I got the same node that goes with my mesh, my router, and I had one already, but I purchased another one, but I wasn't sure if it was a a Wi-Fi 6 or not, and I was wondering if you, you could tell me because when I look online, it doesn't really say whether it's Wi-Fi five or six or what. [silence] Yeah, it's, um, a and C, um, [silence]
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Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was talking about the extender. The router I know is the router. I know is Wi-Fi 6. So if the router is Wi-Fi 6, it doesn't matter what the nodes, does extender. Well, if you want some, I'll give you the model number of my router. Let me see. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Can you see WHW zero one? Because AC 1200 is actually the Wi-Fi technology on the router or the Wi-Fi standard. It's not the actual model number. So, what's the model number? Probably that.the Yeah, exactly. Yeah, extender can be set up as well as a router. That's what I said earlier, router. But yeah, go ahead. Can you see the model number the one you gave me is. Mm-hm. Not the router, but the extender you're concerned of. Or you can tell me the serial. [silence] Yes, yes, you are speaking. I'm having a hard time figuring out what you're talking about. Uh-huh.
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Speaker 1
Montreal didn't really say anywhere that it was uh what type of Wi-Fi it was 'caus I want I obviously wanted to get at least a Wi-Fi 6 'caus I have a Wi-Fi 6 router. Um so the one I have that went with the router was the AC 1200. But I read that I read that AC 1300 was better than AC than AC 1200. So I got the 1300. Um but now I'm thinking I should have got the I should have got the 1200 instead. Yeah yeah that's okay that's uh uh uh
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Speaker 2
I see. I see. I see. Uh-huh. I see. I see. Um, actually Any, the thing that starts with AC. Uh yeah, that's under Wi-Fi 5. Our Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 mesh extenders are, the model numbers are any of our MX series. MX series. We have MX2000, MX4200,
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Speaker 1
[KEEP_UNCERTAIN] that's the router. I currently have it's an MX 4,200. Now, it's got a C on it. but I I I didn't know the difference between the the one that has a C, the 4,200 C. as opposed to 4,200. And is that true? Someone's day to say that. Someone's day to say this because the sea is one only from Costco. that's where I purchased it. Is that true? Uh. Yeah, yeah. I'm Mr. did about I wanna say maybe four or five years ago maybe, five years ago.
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Speaker 2
Have. uh-huh. Thank you. Um, well, you purchased it in costco. Is it brand new? I'm seeing. Yeah, cuz in today's technology that is no longer up to date. In fact, it's already outdated since it's still under. [silence]
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Speaker 1
[KEEP_UNCERTAIN] What's the advantage of the viewer? [silence] Yeah, well, there's one. Notice. Well, I can't get it on this one, too. I still notice that when I stream, I still get some buffering with this with this router. And I get it with that extender. I saw that I bought. I have it hooked up to my TV. I thought if I have it directly. [silence]
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Speaker 2
the newer ones, uh, the advantage of using those is it has, uh, those have a longer Wi-Fi coverage and not just that, additional features as well to improve connections for Wi-Fi.
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Speaker 1
Just, you know, to the extender, instead of just having it Wi-Fi, I thought it wouldn't uh, I thought it would reduce the buffering. Yeah. You know, with the streaming. Um, but it seems to not really be a difference. It seems like it sort of buffers the same anyway. So it's okay. So it's, the newer ones will probably have less of that problem. but not the one I have already currently. I do have an MX. Oh. Okay. No, but I, so is my router okay? I mean, it's a MX 4200.
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Speaker 2
do the same? Okay. Yeah. you're about Yeah, it's good for streaming. Something, Yeah, since, you know, technology keeps on upgrading, you also upgrade our devices. So I'll recommend you our MX series instead. As an extender, because you want to expand your Wi-Fi. So it will be better.
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Speaker 1
But one of the extends I told you that is the AC 1200 came with this router. It was a it was extender. it was a package. So I don't understand why. why would they package of Wi-Fi 5 with a 6? Okay. so, so, you said Can you suggest? So they're called extenders. I thought they were nodes but they're called extenders?
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Speaker 2
Yeah, that's still fine. That's already a Wi-Fi 6 router. I'm also wondering, maybe because it's still compatible with the MX 4200. When it comes to compatibility, the AEC and then your MX 4200 will work. It's just that if you're into like streaming, it's better to have instead a Wi-Fi 6 extender as well. Um, both, as what I said earlier, it can be so [silence]
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Speaker 1
Well, the, I thought a router had to have those, those, uh, uh, Ethernet connections in the back. The senders don't have that, leave that jizus have a one you plug it in and you just put one net in that directly to what you're connecting to. I thought a router, I thought a router. has multiple, uh even though it has only one, even though it only has like one internet connection. Uh it doesn't matter, okay. So what did one you suggest? I get has this extender and my text.
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Speaker 2
Set up as a router, or as an extender... uh-huh indeed, so the main... router, we call it the main router, and the rest can be set up as an extender. So, that's why when it comes to trouble, any of the extender can be set up as a main router. That's how our yeah. Yes, it doesn't matter. Any of our MX series, M for Mary, X for X-ray
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