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Tenda A33 - AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 as Wi-Fi Extender ? At c€30 good deal or where's the catch?

CHorn · 2023-04-16 00:39:38

Thinking of buying one of these- at Amazon Warehouse you can get for c€30. New build house, SIRO 1Gb broadband using Fritzbox 7530 in downstairs utility room. Most rooms have a Cat6 ethernet drop, so was looking to use this as a WiFi extender upstairs with it in AP mode connected to a nearby Cat6 drop. At c€30 (new c€60)…

16-04-2023 01:39AM

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CHorn

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Thinking of buying one of
https://www.tendacn.com/product/a33.html
these- at Amazon Warehouse you can get for c€30.
New build house, SIRO 1Gb broadband using Fritzbox 7530 in downstairs utility room. Most rooms have a Cat6 ethernet drop, so was looking to use this as a WiFi extender upstairs with it in AP mode connected to a nearby Cat6 drop.
At c€30 (new c€60) what am I missing for these to be so cheap (it seems to me for this performance, aside from taking chances with damaged package- never had a problem with Amazon yet on this)? Yes, I won't get to use AX (much or at all) but AC is fine at this price for a Gigabit port on it and 574 Mbps on 2.4 band (N). Seems too good to be true...

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