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Wifi Boosters - Any Good ??

markysimmo

markysimmo

Johnny nice-tits
My wifi signal keeps dropping out in my flat, makes watching anything streamed from my laptop a bit of a mre, does anybody know about these wifi boosters, do they work, will they help, etc ???
 
I set up one on work so there was a wifi signal in the upstairs office. Pretty simple to set up
 
Mark, before you spend any money I would suggest that you scan the wifi signals that you can pick up in your flat. I downloaded an app for my phone which showed which channel the wifi that I could receive in my house was on. Turned out me and about three of my neighbours were all on the same range and were interfering with each other. I changed channels (by logging into the router) and the problem disappeared.
 
milo said:
Mark, before you spend any money I would suggest that you scan the wifi signals that you can pick up in your flat. I downloaded an app for my phone which showed which channel the wifi that I could receive in my house was on. Turned out me and about three of my neighbours were all on the same range and were interfering with each other. I changed channels (by logging into the router) and the problem disappeared.
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Which app is that please Milo ????
 
markysimmo said:
Which app is that please Milo ????
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Wifi manager on Android. It has the option to display available WiFi connection graphically. There are 12 available channels and it'll show you who is using what. If you have a number of strong signals on the same channels they can interfere with each other.
 
milo said:
Wifi manager on Android. It has the option to display available WiFi connection graphically. There are 12 available channels and it'll show you who is using what. If you have a number of strong signals on the same channels they can interfere with each other.
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Awesome Ill give it a go later tonight, thanks
 
milo said:
Wifi manager on Android. It has the option to display available WiFi connection graphically. There are 12 available channels and it'll show you who is using what. If you have a number of strong signals on the same channels they can interfere with each other.
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Is that the radar function ???
 
Awesome realised I was sharing a channel with loads of others, have gone to a channel that nobody appears to be using around me so I've switched to that lets see how that pans out

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markysimmo said:
Awesome realised I was sharing a channel with loads of others, have gone to a channel that nobody appears to be using around me so I've switched to that lets see how that pans out

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That is good news. I had the same problem and it improved a lot after I switched channels. I suspect that most routers come pre-set to the same channels.
 
I'll put my request in here as its related a little

About 12 months back I purchased these for my Nephew for his gaming computer

TP-Link TL-PA251KIT AV200

Now my brother and family have nearly completed the extension there is no wi-fi in the loft room, I could purchase these wired plugs again but my niece uses more wifi, so can I purchase wi-fi plugs similar to what they already have. Will they link? Wired + Wi-fi plugs would be even better.

Thanks in advance if you can help in any way.
 
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