Range extenders. Any good?

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

I have poor wireless connectivity in part of my house. I have considered a range extender but do they work and which type should I choose? There are several available from about £10 upwards.
Some seem quite complicated to set up but others just plug into a mains socket

bill001g · Mar 1, 2016

Your are talking about many different device and calling them all range extenders. Some work horrible and other great. The best is to run a AP but that requires a ethernet cable from the main router to the remote "extender". The next option is to run powerline device. These are not commonly called externders but they do let you use your electical power cables as a ethernet. You then put a AP at the end and it works pretty good but powerline is still a form of radio and other electrical devices in your house can interfer. The worst so called extender is a wireless repeater. These greatly degrade the quality of the signal but do get more coverage. You would only use a wireless repeater when a really poor connection is better than no connection at all.

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

bill001g :

Your are talking about many different device and calling them all range extenders. Some work horrible and other great. The best is to run a AP but that requires a ethernet cable from the main router to the remote "extender". The next option is to run powerline device. These are not commonly called externders but they do let you use your electical power cables as a ethernet. You then put a AP at the end and it works pretty good but powerline is still a form of radio and other electrical devices in your house can interfer. The worst so called extender is a wireless repeater. These greatly degrade the quality of the signal but do get more coverage. You would only use a wireless repeater when a really poor connection is better than no connection at all.

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

bill001g :

Your are talking about many different device and calling them all range extenders. Some work horrible and other great. The best is to run a AP but that requires a ethernet cable from the main router to the remote "extender". The next option is to run powerline device. These are not commonly called externders but they do let you use your electical power cables as a ethernet. You then put a AP at the end and it works pretty good but powerline is still a form of radio and other electrical devices in your house can interfer. The worst so called extender is a wireless repeater. These greatly degrade the quality of the signal but do get more coverage. You would only use a wireless repeater when a really poor connection is better than no connection at all.

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

bill001g :

Your are talking about many different device and calling them all range extenders. Some work horrible and other great. The best is to run a AP but that requires a ethernet cable from the main router to the remote "extender". The next option is to run powerline device. These are not commonly called externders but they do let you use your electical power cables as a ethernet. You then put a AP at the end and it works pretty good but powerline is still a form of radio and other electrical devices in your house can interfer. The worst so called extender is a wireless repeater. These greatly degrade the quality of the signal but do get more coverage. You would only use a wireless repeater when a really poor connection is better than no connection at all.

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

bill001g :

Your are talking about many different device and calling them all range extenders. Some work horrible and other great. The best is to run a AP but that requires a ethernet cable from the main router to the remote "extender". The next option is to run powerline device. These are not commonly called externders but they do let you use your electical power cables as a ethernet. You then put a AP at the end and it works pretty good but powerline is still a form of radio and other electrical devices in your house can interfer. The worst so called extender is a wireless repeater. These greatly degrade the quality of the signal but do get more coverage. You would only use a wireless repeater when a really poor connection is better than no connection at all.

majestic1939 · Mar 1, 2016

Thank you for your response.
I fancy the powerline solution so will look for suitable units.
Regards,
Phil (majestic1939)

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