Wireless 802.11G range extender

vinylmusic

Has anyone any experience of range extenders?
I have tried the Belkin one and found it useless
I see several makes on the market for around £35 upwards but find it hard to decide which would be best. I'd happily spend double that if it proved to be adequate for the job

wakandem

I have never had a problem with the belkin one's but one i have placed recently was the linksys. Very good even at very low connection strength, it keeps stable connection.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/79363

If it is only one pc that is the problem it may be good to make a parabolic antenna for the wifi ( google it ) and see if that improves it,

Bob63

I tried a Linksys extender but it was more trouble than it was worth.

I now use a combination of HomePlug and Wireless. Specifically I have a Solwise HomePlug/Ethernet box plugged into one of the ports on my main wireless modem router and a HomePlug Wireless box on the other side of the house, exactly where I need the wireless access for my daughter's laptop. Total cost £75. Reliability - 100%.

HomePlug (also known as Powerline or ethernet over the mains) is fantastic technology. My boxes are 85Mpbs but you can now get HomePlug AV which is 200Mbps.

BenL

I 2nd the powerline solution. Its great and no hassle setting up at all.

I tried larger aerials, boosters, extenders and couldn't get a good signal for my setup at home.

The main router was nextdoor in the main house and through a few brick walls and crossing a corner of the garden was too much.

Devolo starter kit for £67 on ebuyer and its all setup.

We now have a wired and wireless network in the main house, devolo to get the network to my apartment that I rent in the grounds of the house as the mains is on the same, then the devolo myside goes into another wireless router so I can have a network in my apt for pc, laptop, ps3.

vinylmusic

cheesy.mike wrote: »

I tried a Linksys extender but it was more trouble than it was worth.

I now use a combination of HomePlug and Wireless. Specifically I have a Solwise HomePlug/Ethernet box plugged into one of the ports on my main wireless modem router and a HomePlug Wireless box on the other side of the house, exactly where I need the wireless access for my daughter's laptop. Total cost £75. Reliability - 100%.

HomePlug (also known as Powerline or ethernet over the mains) is fantastic technology. My boxes are 85Mpbs but you can now get HomePlug AV which is 200Mbps.

Thanks for that. I think its the one I will go for but where did you get it for £75?
I searched everywhere and cant find it for less than £92+ including VAT, postage and (Aaargh) credit card charge

richt71

Extenders work well unless you're in a older house wih thick walls then even when using the extender the signal can bounce back.

Bob63

vinylmusic wrote: »

Thanks for that. I think its the one I will go for but where did you get it for £75?
I searched everywhere and cant find it for less than £92+ including VAT, postage and (Aaargh) credit card charge

Single powerline adaptor is £25.42, powerline wifi box is £47.95. With postage and credit card chage, which I forgot about, that comes to around £81 - close enough to the £75 I estimated.

Mike

Little_John

Or you could replace the router with one of the better N routers. I used to get really poor connection with a g router even though my laptop sits just above the wireless AP location 1 floor up I replaced the AP with an N one and I get a full strength signal now. I am still useing the 54mb g wireless cards but still got a huge signal boost. belkin seem to have dropped their prices on them reciently so they are even more affordable now I paid £130 for mine.

vinylmusic

cheesy.mike wrote: »

Single powerline adaptor is £25.42, powerline wifi box is £47.95. With postage and credit card chage, which I forgot about, that comes to around £81 - close enough to the £75 I estimated.

Mike

Thanks for that but where did you get yours?
Thats still a tenner cheaper than I was quoted