Wireless Repeater vs Router

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Routers don't repeat the signal they broadcast their own so you would have to run cabling to the location of the second WAP and bridge the two. Then you would have two signal points instead of just one then any connecting device would determine which device is broadcasting the strongest signal and switch to that one, so yes its better because it doesn't rebroadcast the signal.

Edit: i misread your post you are asking if the router will be better as a repeater then a repeater. The answer is in the hardware, repeaters are cheaper because they do away with all the other things they don't need that routers have. If the router has a better antenna and its not going to be wired into the main router directly than ya it will most likely do a...
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Wi-Fi Repeaters aren't very good they don't get very good throughput so there is loss of bandwidth you are better off to upgrade your router if you can or change the placement of the router for better reception. if thats not an option i would try wiring in a WAP the difference is a WAP wires into the router then broadcasts the Wi-Fi signal the repeater picks up the signal from your router then simply rebroadcasts it this is where the degradation occurs. If thats still not an option id go with something like NETGEAR WN2500RP its a bit pricy but its dualband and sucks the least.
 
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Routers don't repeat the signal they broadcast their own so you would have to run cabling to the location of the second WAP and bridge the two. Then you would have two signal points instead of just one then any connecting device would determine which device is broadcasting the strongest signal and switch to that one, so yes its better because it doesn't rebroadcast the signal.

Edit: i misread your post you are asking if the router will be better as a repeater then a repeater. The answer is in the hardware, repeaters are cheaper because they do away with all the other things they don't need that routers have. If the router has a better antenna and its not going to be wired into the main router directly than ya it will most likely do a better job but you would be better off to get a higher end repeater it might cost you a bit less.
 
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Thanks much!
 
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