Lets say my wifi adaptor is on the other side of the house from my laptop. If I plug this into my laptop will the signal pick up more in my room
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Not sure. Mine is about 30 feet from my router and I have an old house with thick plaster walls so signal strength as always a problem. My adapter has to go through two rooms about 30 feet from the router and I get a decent ignal, about 2 out of 3 bars strength. Was hoping for better but it works good enough for me. Super easy install too. True plug and play.
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plugged this into a computer on other side of house from wifi router, the signal was there but not as strong as I thought. Was still able to surf the web though.
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Yes. I run the signal from my DSL modem into the adapter and to my office where I run an Ethernet cable from the adapter to my router and transmit wireless to the whole house. My office is more central to the house and the router works great from there.
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well in a way, yes. Here's an example: I play live games on the internet vs other people. Before the extender, I would only get bad signal if everyone in the house used the wifi. After the extender, it was the same except I would get bad signal for a few seconds occasionally. However, the REAL problem that I did experience with this extender was that it would constantly disconnect and connect, and it was bad for my gaming, as the game would crash and kick me out. Other than that, it did its job
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I never tried it before, but my friend has one and he tried it upstairs with the router being downstairs on the first floor, and it worked fine..Do you get a good signal with your laptop being in the same bedroom? If you do, I believe you won't have any problems..
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It will strengthen the signal that you are distributing through you house. I do not know how well it will work in your situation, but it should make marginal signals better..
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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.
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Yep. In fact, that's the main reason I purchased this item.It all depends on the actual router whose signal your extending.
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As long as you have a compatible wireless router, it will pick up a wireless signal from it, no ethernet cable required.
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As long as the router has wifi capability. If it sees your wifi unit, it will retransmit the signal. We are running 4 of these units in cascade in a large church building Our Cisco wifi unit is the first in the chain, #1 Hawking picks up the signal. #2 picks up #1. #3 picks up from #2 etc etc.... All have been working fine for over 2 years now. See no reason why this would not work with a cable wifi unit...
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Hi Robert, to get the best performance from the extender, we recommend that you place it halfway between the area you wish to cover, and the main router providing the signal. If you place it next to the desktop where the main router is located, it won't extend the connection any further than the main router. Whether it will reach the opposite end of your home, when set up correctly, depends on how big your home is :) However, this is one of our top of the line extenders and is designed to provide superior range and coverage,
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So i can place this thing in a different bedroom in the house with a not so good connection, and the signal overlap should give it a strong connection and signal, yes?
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It will only increase your internet signal connection so if your internet was slow because of weak signal it may help but if your deivce/internet it self is slow it will remain the same
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I would estimate the range to be a few houses away. So you can have the wifi modem inside and use the adapter to pickup clearer signal outside. It's not as far as most people say though.
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Kinda yes. It does not need wifi signal coming in, which is good. The base station adapter connects to your router by Cat 5, and plugs in the 110v wall plug. The "extender", which is a bad name, can then go anywhere in your house, and gets the internet signal through the 110v plug. Then broadcasts its own Wifi signal along with two Cat5 ports if you need those.
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I am planning on putting two WiFi extenders in two different parts of the house. One part has its own separate wiring. Will this one still amplify the signal from the modem?
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It will. If a signal is in the area, it will pick it up . Just follow directions in the manual. Try WiFi calling if your mobile allows it.its a plus for me.
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Not that I can tell. I also have a 2.4ghz cordless phone system and just installed a smart (wifi) thermostat and I can't detect any impact on the computer wifi performance. Although, my kitchen laptop is on the fringe of useable signal so I installed an Ethernet 'powerline' adapter there sometime ago and Skype 'problems' solved. If you own a smartphone download the Wifi Analyzer, it will show you your signal strength and other info so you can get a good idea if you may be on a fringe area of your wifi. The Wolverines BTW utilize different channel frequencies and don't show on the analyzer cause they are not 'wi-fi' devices. Not that I can tell. I also have a 2.4ghz cordless phone system and just installed a smart (wifi) thermostat and I can't detect any impact on the computer wifi performance. Although, my kitchen laptop is on the fringe of useable signal so I installed an Ethernet 'powerline' adapter there sometime ago and Skype 'problems' solved. If you own a smartphone download the Wifi Analyzer, it will show you your signal strength and other info so you can get a good idea if you may be on a fringe area of your wifi. The Wolverines BTW utilize different channel frequencies and don't show on the analyzer... » Read More Not that I can tell. I also have a 2.4ghz cordless phone system and just installed a smart (wifi) thermostat and I can't detect any impact on the computer wifi performance. Although, my kitchen laptop is on the fringe of useable signal so I installed an Ethernet 'powerline' adapter there sometime ago and Skype 'problems' solved. If you own a smartphone download the Wifi Analyzer, it will show you your signal strength and other info so you can get a good idea if you may be on a fringe area of your wifi. The Wolverines BTW utilize different channel frequencies and don't show on the analyzer cause they are not 'wi-fi' devices. « Show Less