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Wifi boosting for EV charger

Hi,
Looking for a bit of advice.
I've ordered an electric cat, and am getting a home electric vehicle charger installed to the front of my house.

However, I've read that for in order for it to work with all the features (timed charging especially), I need a WiFi connection at the charger.

The charger is to be positioned at the front of my attached garage, which is only about 10m from my router, but its outside - and it gets 0% coverage there when I check it with a WiFi scanner app.

Inside the garage gets about 20-30% coverage, but as soon as you go outside the wall, it's zero.

What can I do to fix this?
I have Sky broadband, would a WiFi booster help?
I've read mixed reports on things like boosters, WiFi mesh, TP link extender.

Anyone got any advice on what would work?

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  • FreeBear
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    edited 22 January 2022 at 11:19PM
    Is there an option for the internet connection to be hard wired rather than wifi ?
    A 10-15m CAT5/6 cable will be a lot cheaper than a booster and be much more reliable.
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  • Here is my experience for my cinema that is sound proofed so challenge to get a good signal.
    1, just from router, 6 mb speed- forever dropping
    2.link extender, 25Mb but still unstable
    3.Wifi mesh 175Mb, completely stable 

    Hope that helps
  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,935 Forumite
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    I got a set of MESH routers to boost our Wi-Fi signal and it was a revelation. I tried power line extenders, but they were useless. Various options available on Amazon easy to setup.
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  • TELLIT01
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    I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?
  • TELLIT01 said:
    I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?
    Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 
  • giraffe69
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    Just started using a mesh (BT) and it has improved and extended decent reception no end no my vote for that.
  • TELLIT01
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    TELLIT01 said:
    I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?
    Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 

    Pleased to know I'm not the only one with a childish sense of humour. :D
  • GDB2222
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    TELLIT01 said:
    I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?
    Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 
    We had a cat that used to come out for walks with us. 
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