remmington
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Post by remmington on Oct 10, 2021 6:32:56 GMT 1
Bought one of these. As wifi signal from router downstairs is a bit ify upstairs (buffering). Netgear EX2700 Wifi Range Extender - £19.20 delivered off ebay (inc postage). Easy set up - just pair with WPS button. Works a treat... Struggled with the concept/logic of - if a device cannot get a good signal - how can the rage extender pickup the signal. Must be the two aerials on it...?
Standing back and looking at it - it is a "lot of tech for the money" and a simple solution  |
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huffo
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Post by huffo on Oct 10, 2021 7:54:45 GMT 1
I may be mistaken, but I think the idea with a range extender is that you put it where the signal strength is weak, rather than where it’s virtually run out. It can then take the weak signal and retransmit it strongly for other devices to pick up further away, where the original signal wouldn’t be useable.
I think you might get away with putting it where “normal” WiFi devices struggle for the reason you suggested: because it has a better optimised receiver signal. Because it’s designed for a sole purpose, there probably aren’t the necessary packaging compromises that laptops, tablets and phones may have with regard to good aerial placement.
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Post by rhyds on Oct 10, 2021 10:52:08 GMT 1
Bought one of these. As wifi signal from router downstairs is a bit ify upstairs (buffering). Netgear EX2700 Wifi Range Extender - £19.20 delivered off ebay (inc postage). Easy set up - just pair with WPS button. Works a treat... Struggled with the concept/logic of - if a device cannot get a good signal - how can the rage extender pickup the signal. Must be the two aerials on it...?
Standing back and looking at it - it is a "lot of tech for the money" and a simple solution As huffo says the idea is that they work as a repeater. As you mention it'll probably have two transceivers in it, one to connect to the source/internet connected wifi and the other to connect to your devices. The way it works is that the extender will generally have better wifi aerials than your devices (as there's more freedom to build good ones) and will generally pick up enough signal to provide a link. However, I've tended to avoid them for work as they're a fair bit less reliable than running a cable. For home use however I'd imagine it'll be fine. |
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Post by valhalla on Oct 11, 2021 23:01:53 GMT 1
Flexibility is why I built the Raspberry Pi WiFi access-point for Mrs. Valhalla in the kitchen. If I could have found a cheap solution like above, I may well have gone for it, but given that I had a spare Pi 3B+ knocking-around, it made sense to just wire it through and program it to have a completely different subnet to the main house. That way, I don't have to worry about visitors having access to all my business files whatsoever, as they are ported straight out onto the www. (client separation on steroids).
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