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My BT Hub3 is on the mantlepiece downstairs in the living area. It is hard wired to a power-line adapter to take the signal upstairs where we have our desktop computer - works fine.
Using NetSpot software, in the living area I get a signal level (SNR) of around -29. In the kitchen next to the living area (going through one of the original house exterior walls) I get around -70 but it is still just about usable. Upstairs in the bedroom immediately over the hub I get -40, in the hallway upstairs (top of stairs) it is -50 but in the main bedroom, over the kitchen, again through an original outside wall it's -76 and just about unusable.
Knowing nothing about this subject, will plugging one of the many available Wi-Fi extenders into a mains socket in the upstairs hallway boost the signal? If so, has anyone a preference to boosters? There are so many to chose from.
If I plug one of these into a socket, does it use the signal already in the house ring main from the downstairs ethnet connection, or does it pick up and then re transmit the Wi-Fi signal available at that point?
TP-Link TL-WA850RE 300Mbps Universal Wall Plug Range Extender/ Wi-Fi Booster (WPS function, Easy Configuration): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Using NetSpot software, in the living area I get a signal level (SNR) of around -29. In the kitchen next to the living area (going through one of the original house exterior walls) I get around -70 but it is still just about usable. Upstairs in the bedroom immediately over the hub I get -40, in the hallway upstairs (top of stairs) it is -50 but in the main bedroom, over the kitchen, again through an original outside wall it's -76 and just about unusable.
Knowing nothing about this subject, will plugging one of the many available Wi-Fi extenders into a mains socket in the upstairs hallway boost the signal? If so, has anyone a preference to boosters? There are so many to chose from.
If I plug one of these into a socket, does it use the signal already in the house ring main from the downstairs ethnet connection, or does it pick up and then re transmit the Wi-Fi signal available at that point?
TP-Link TL-WA850RE 300Mbps Universal Wall Plug Range Extender/ Wi-Fi Booster (WPS function, Easy Configuration): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
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