I am renting a basement apartment and the wifi signal is very weak. I dont have access to the router upstairs. Will this device help?
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In order to setup this device, you will have to be able to connect to the router's signal your are trying to extend. If you cannot see the signal of the router in the basement, then unfortunately you will be unable to properly setup the device.
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My computer was in the basement of my house and I didn't get wi-fi. there. I bought this router and placed it at the top of the basement steps, it works fine, but it is an open staircase
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I have this unit, and my understanding of this unit is that it will repeat the signal it receives, extending the coverage area of the signal. If the signal from the router is weak, the extended signal will also be weak. If this range extender could be placed on a higher floor, in an area of the building where there is a strong signal, it could then give you a better signal in the basement.
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You have to set it up where there is at least a 70% signal. So it may not work for you. If I were you I would contact Amped Wireless and find out if they have a device that would work or if they could offer some other suggestions.
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If you are presently getting a weak signal, I think this would make a stronger signal. If presently no signal, I don't believe it would help. You also need to take into account if router you are trying to get signal from is near a window(which would help), or if there are trees etc, that would interfere with signal.
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It will mostly depend on your landlord's router. With a good one it should just reach. For anything that far though, I recommend setting up a wireless repeater.
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Unable to answer your question. What I can tell you is that a friend installed it for me. My application was a detached garage apartment, made of cynder block. I would not get a signal from the main house wifi. This unit was installed on the top level of the garage.. and the signal is strong, and doesnt quit.
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Can I use two of these wireless routers in my home. One for upstairs and one downstairs for better performance?
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Unfortunately, we have a wireless router in the basement.. thus the house is essentially wireless. What would you recommend in that case?
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Unfortunately there is no easy way to tell if this product will help you. It could. Moving your existing router around might also help, or replacing it with a newer model could improve the signal strength if the one you have is older. If distance is the issue or obstructions, then stick with 2.4GHz.
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router has no strong output signal I don't use it any more ,it is not the range that count ,if you have to much metal in the wall or floor, your signal can't go through.
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Yes it would work if you ran a Cat 5 ethernet cable from your router to the 5 port switch and then attached your devices to the switch using some more ethernet cables. However, have you thought of getting a wifi extender instead to get the signal to your bedroom. I also have a Netgear Universal Range Extender and that works great to get a strong signal all over my house.
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Hi M. Ryan, this extender may help, if the streamer upstairs is out of (or nearly out of) the coverage area of the main router. We'd recommend that you set up the extender about halfway between the main router and the streamer to provide the best signal possible.
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Good luck. You need to get it to receive your wifi signal. It's just a bit faster than no internet at all.
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I have found that making sure there is adequate wifi signal is important to using this device to stream video. For my home, I found it necessary to add a "range extender" to my wifi system . I have ocasionally experienced dropped signal since installing the extender but it is rare. Buffering has improved considerably.I have found that the recent update for the youtube app corrected a few issues including the full screen problem.I hope this helpsHarold
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I use mine in my living room and the signal sometimes won't display the channel properly. If your basement is really low to the ground, I don't think it will work good. Also, know that channels such as comedy central, nicalodian, cartoon network, animal planet, etc won't show up using this sattelite. If you want to watch those channels, just get a cable box.
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It will work, but you may get only a limted number channels depending on your area. Also, I am not sure if will pick a good signal in a basement.
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Yeah this can work once you have access to your router outside your network that this device is connected to and you should be fine
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The item cannot get WiFi unless the WiFi is already there. In other words, all this item can do is make you get an existing WiFi signal to come in better. It sounds like you may be where there is no internet access at all? That is different. If you don't have DSL, Cable, or FiOS in your area, you may want to consider satellite. Check into exede http://www.exede.com/
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No, it will pick up the WiFi signal, amplify it and resend it. However, I am not satisfied with this product. It did not solve my weak signal problem and then I couldn't get it to make a connection at all. Both Netgear support and my router mfg. support said it is the others problem. I now have it disconnected and remain with very poor and weak WiFi signal 80 feet away from the router.