Want to add internet access to watch streaming movies but you don't have an ethernet port nearby to directly connect your TV to the internet, and your entertainment system to too far away from your WiFi router to get a strong enough signal? Want to boost your WiFi signal throughout your home for use on your laptop, Kindle, and cell phone? I recently solved this dilemma. |
Expanding Reliable WiFi Internet Access Throughout Your Home My house is not wired with Ethernet cable, which would be the best option to get fast and reliable internet access to all rooms in my home, but I bought a house built before Ethernet became standard wiring along with your cable and electricity. I'd love to be able to plug my equipment into a wall outlet, but I don't have that luxury. |
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Repeater notes: 1. If you encrypt your Wi-Fi network, be sure to encrypt the repeater signal too. This signal easily reaches the road in front of my house as well as my deck and screened in porch out back. 2. Make sure your repeater is on the same channel as your Wi-Fi. Channel 6 is usually the default channel for Wi-Fi routers. You can use any channel from 1 to 11. Channels 1, 6, and 11 have no interference with each other. Pick a channel your neighbors aren't using. 3. A free android app called Wi-Fi Analyzer can easily identify all the wifi signals in your immediate area, as well as the strength of your signals anywhere you want to test them in and around your house. 4. Just as it's a smart idea to change your default SSID and password on your router, you should also change the default SSID and password on your repeater. | |
5. The repeater needs to be set up reasonably close enough to your current Wi-Fi router since you need at least a 70% signal to repeat well. 6. I understand the repeater is prone to reset and lose connection if there is a power outage or even a voltage fluctuation (common to rural areas). My solution is to plug the repeater into an entry level battery backup like the CyberPower 350. It provides battery backup, electricity smoothing, and line protection to keep your repeater running without interruption --- until the battery inevitably fails 3 to 7 years later and you eihter need to buy a replacement battery or a new unit. | ![]() |
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Information is from sources believed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. The information presented is an opinion intended to assist site visitors on using a high power wifi repeater to boost their current WiFi internet signal throughout their house.
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