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New We have a Netgear Orbi
One base and one satellite. I can get 300+Mb on my phone up in the den.

Mesh, meaning there's a single network and a back channel is used to relay the extended signals back to the router, which helps bandwidth.

Extenders (usually) create two networks and can make slow-downs worse since they typically repeat everything they hear back to the base.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
New I don't understand how "back channel" is different from "repeat everything they hear"
But the key point seems to be the term "mesh" in the description. Should be enough to make a selection.
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Drew
New Dedicated vs. using the common bandwidth
Repeaters double up on bandwidth usage by, well, repeating over the public channel to the base. Back channel is dedicated to remote usage and doesn't eat up the public channel.

Note: Not all mesh has a back channel.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
     Recommendation for Wi-Fi extender? - (drook) - (12)
         cheap wireless router and a long cat5 cable -NT - (boxley) - (1)
             Nowhere I can run it - (drook)
         I tried doing things like that years ago. - (Another Scott) - (1)
             Yup, that's what I'm looking for - (drook)
         Go mesh, not extender -NT - (pwhysall) - (4)
             Thought they were synonyms, got a pointer to explain the difference? -NT - (drook) - (3)
                 Sure do - (pwhysall) - (2)
                     Cool, just ordered - (drook) - (1)
                         Interested to hear how you get on with it -NT - (pwhysall)
         We have a Netgear Orbi - (malraux) - (2)
             I don't understand how "back channel" is different from "repeat everything they hear" - (drook) - (1)
                 Dedicated vs. using the common bandwidth - (malraux)

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