On Tuesday, Netgear announced the launch of its new AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender with streaming speeds up to 1200Mbps. The Netgear AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX6120) would be available in India through authorized Netgear partners and other reseller channels by the first week of March at a retail price of INR 5,500 covered under a warranty of two years. The Netgear AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX6120) enables consumers to expand and improve Wi-Fi signals throughout their home. According to the company, Its high-powered amplifiers eradicate the dead zones and maximize Wi-Fi performance with the help of high-power external antennae. The Wi-Fi range extender features 802.11ac technology which makes simultaneous use of dual 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands, and also sports an Ethernet port.
Netgear products are sold in approximately 44,000 retail locations around the world, and through approximately 37,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, California, in the US, with additional offices in over 25 countries.
According to Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Netgear regional director, India & SAARC, range extenders are a fast growing segment for Netgear as more and more customers are choosing it due to the great convenience it offers in enhancing existing home networks. With the Ex6120, Netgear brings the new high speed 802.11ac standard to range extenders, enabling customers to experience greater range and high speed connections at home.
WiFi extenders are indeed a cheaper way to get one’s premise fully covered under WiFi. One WiFi router is not strong enough to radiate its waves at all nook and corners of the house or office. Such extenders come in handy as they pick up the signal and re-transmits them to cover a larger area, thus effectively weeding out the dead zones, where the signals did not reach previously.