Trying To Extend Wi-Fi

[ilovebrie]

I hope someone can give me some straightforward advice. I have a house with stone walls and the signal fails even when I am in another room less than 3 metres from the router. I have BT Infinity, and moving the router around does not help.
I have come across this
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
Can anyone tell me (a) if this is easy to instal and (b) whether I should be looking for or doing something else? I need something that my non-technical Luddite brain can cope with.
I have a PC, a laptop and an I-pad, but only for straightforward Internet use.
Thanks a lot.

[hc4361]

Yes.

[-Talbot-]

4 out of 5 stars from 443 customer reviews says it should be ok.

[hc4361]

Sorry, pressed enter by mistake. Yes, it is easy to install. You have to plug it in near to your router to 'pair' it and then plug it in the room you want wifi. Easy peasy and should do what you want.
If it doesn't work (it will) you can return it for a full refund so you have nothing to lose.

[bhg481]

My daughter was having wifi signal trouble, so I suggest she try this:

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Networking/TP-Link/TP-Link-300Mbps-Universal-WiFi-Range-Extender

It worked perfectly and a lot cheaper than the one you're looking at.

[-Talbot-]

Some of the reviews cover any problems with instalation.

[hc4361]

Even cheaper at Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KVIXCCO?*Version*=1&*entries*=0

[cazzz1975]

I have a netgear wifi extender, its been an excellent purchase, it also has a port to connect a non wireless device like a tv, laptop, skybox,xbox

[mushroom25]

my son's room was out of reach of the house Wi-Fi, so he bought a range extender, the problem was one of knowing where to put it so that it could "see" the wifi signal and transmit a usable signal into the out of range room. it never really worked in that form; not until the extender was hard-wired to the router did it provide the sought-for performance.

[Sqad]

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

I have got a couple of these.but you may only need one.

FAB...no problems.

[SlackAlice]

This uses the Electrical wiring of your house and might be more suitable.

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[-Talbot-]

I bought one of those, Slackalice. It was absolutely rubbish.

[SlackAlice]

-Talbot-

Works perfectly in my sons house in Yorkshire with yorkstone walls.

[-Talbot-]

Walls don't matter to something that runs through the wires.

[SlackAlice]

Eh?
That's why I suggested it, majority of the WiFi extenders/repeaters only pick up the WiFi signal and re-transmit it.

If its in a room that only gets a weak signal then it will often only repeat a weak signal albeit further.

[-Talbot-]

Not sure why you have typed 'eh'

If using the one you have suggested, the thickness of the walls become irrelevant.

SlackAlice
-Talbot-

Works perfectly in my sons house in Yorkshire with yorkstone walls.


It never improved the signal to my loft, I ended up routing an Ethernet cable

[Khandro]

It appears that these devices simply plug into a electric socket, is that correct ?

[hc4361]

Those homeplugs work brilliantly if your whole house is on the same electrical circuit. I am not unusual in having two - one for upstairs, one for downstairs.

Maybe that's why they didn't work for you, Talbot.

[hc4361]

Khandro, yes

[SlackAlice]

The OP has stone walls

//I have a house with stone walls//

Although I agree 'ethernet cable' trumps all ☺☺☺

[Baldric]

I would go with the BT one in the OP which also plugs into a 13amp socket and being BT used with a BT Hub shouldn't have any problems