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  • Wi-Fi extender
  • Pieface
    Full Member

    As part of some house renovation we have some plug / aerial sockets being put in. From these we have an ethernet cable running to the front of our house where the router is. Behind the TV I’d like to put a combined Wi-fi extender / hub.

    I’d like the TV to have its own wired internet connection (even though its got Wi-Fi) but also extend the Wi-Fi signal in to the garden. Can anyone recommend a product, or should I just Wi-Fi the TV using a normal Wi-Fi extender?

    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    Our wifi extenders have an rj45 socket in. BT300 and D-link something else.

    Pieface
    Full Member

    It’ll need an RJ45 input from the router, but I also want an RJ45 output socket as well. Do these exist?

    mudhead84
    Free Member

    I brought one of these not expecting much but it’s been great. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00LP8PGS2/ref=mp_s_a_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1510589260&sr=8-23&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=edimax&dpPl=1&dpID=31F45mroKCL&ref=plSrch

    Used it to extend my virgin super hub 2 (bag of shite) WiFi and has now been running for 2 years. Coverage and reliability are good. I didn’t expect it to get my WiFi to the end of the garden but it does.

    andybrad
    Full Member

    the last one i had gave it a seperate network name like network-ext is there a way of seamlessly extending it?

    tdog
    Free Member

    I have used a D-Link and have a spare new in box SMC version which if you’re interested is surplus to requirements.
    It also cleans the signal and speed amongst file downloads iirc.

    fossy
    Full Member

    I use a powerline wifi extender in the garage to get the signal out there for Zwift

    CraigW
    Free Member

    If you want proper seamless wifi, I’d look at something like the BT Whole Home Wifi system.
    I think they have an ethernet socket on each extender. Just plug it into a switch if you want more sockets.

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