Wifi Range Extender??

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Do any of you have experience with a decent wifi range booster/extender that you can recommend? I'd love to be able to use my laptop in the garage, but the signal strength isn't quite strong enough. I'm thinking a wifi extender would solve the problem. Thank you!
 
I tried one that plugs into an electrical outlet where you need the signal improved and it works. Model COM 818 which is a Mexican brand named "Steren" imported from China (of course) which I ordered online. Perhaps this particular model not available where you are, but they are probably all based on the same technology.
 
dano said:
I use a Ethernet version of what dibbons describes above now that I work from home and it works great. I have a Belkin and NetGear is good too.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R92CL5E/?tag=fabo03-20

44,666 reviews on this one...
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These work great, if the garage is on the same electrical panel. My shop is about 150 ft away and had a separate meter. I'm gonna use a ptp (point to point) link. You need two. One plugs into the router, and then sits on the outside of the house. The other goes where you want the signal, again on the outside. As long as you have line of sight between the two points, the signal can travel well beyond a mile. The pieces then work as a wireless access point.
 
If you have a steel roof & sided building would any of these work? As of right now, I have to leave the roll up garage door open to get my laptop to work.
 
Im almost 300 feet i think. I have a good router in house and an extender in shop. Its ok. Just ok. I need wifi for my scan tool as well as for my laptop to order parts. House router is linksys and the shop one is a d-link.
 
Thanks guys. My house is only 1900 sq feet. The router is on the complete opposite side of the house as the attached garage. I have a wifi signal in the garage. It's just a tad week for video conferencing and whatnot. My old laptop works better out there, but the new one does not. Maybe the wifi receiver on the new laptop is weaker??? I'm hoping a wifi range extender will help.
 
mopowers said:
Thanks guys. My house is only 1900 sq feet. The router is on the complete opposite side of the house as the attached garage. I have a wifi signal in the garage. It's just a tad week for video conferencing and whatnot. My old laptop works better out there, but the new one does not. Maybe the wifi receiver on the new laptop is weaker??? I'm hoping a wifi range extender will help.
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I would upgrade to a better router first.
 
mopowers said:
Thanks guys. My house is only 1900 sq feet. The router is on the complete opposite side of the house as the attached garage. I have a wifi signal in the garage. It's just a tad week for video conferencing and whatnot. My old laptop works better out there, but the new one does not. Maybe the wifi receiver on the new laptop is weaker??? I'm hoping a wifi range extender will help.
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Before i had an extender, i had a wifi dongle,and stuck it in front of a satellite dish in place of the lnb.it worked quite well. Just had to home in on the house wifi signal.
 
plumkrazee70 said:
I would upgrade to a better router first.
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The router is provided by the provider (ATT - uverse) Not sure I have the option to upgrade that, though I'm no network expert.

Tooljunkie said:
Before i had an extender, i had a wifi dongle,and stuck it in front of a satellite dish in place of the lnb.it worked quite well. Just had to home in on the house wifi signal.
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I have no clue what you're talking about. "Inb?" I have satellite dish.

plumkrazee70 said:
Do you have a smartphone? If so how does the wifi signal look there?
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I do not have a smart phone, though my basic phone sees a weak signal in the garage too. It come's in and out - mostly in. My fiance's smart phone sees decent signal in the garage.
 
Lnb is the receiver head on the end of the stick.
 
I have a detached garage...I use this extender to get wifi into the garage.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1WW638/?tag=fabo03-20

But I go an extra step....I run a cat 5 cable from the extender to my desk where I have switching box.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QLV899F/?tag=fabo03-20

there I run 3 cat 5 cables...one goes to 50 Roku HDTV located over the desk...one goes to the Computer at the desk...Third cat 5 cable is 50 ft long and goes out back door of garage into 14 x 66 single wide trailer that is on the property that I use for storage of important parts...lol

that cat 5 cable goes to another router in the trailer that provides wifi to the motorhome on otherside of single wide trailer that ...Could not get a strong signal from garage....In motorhome It provides wifi to laptop and hd tv in motherhome...Roku ....

so on a one acre property I got alot of wifi ....LOL
 
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70aarcuda said:
I have a detached garage...I use this extender to get wifi into the garage.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1WW638/?tag=fabo03-20

But I go an extra step....I run a cat 5 cable from the extender to my desk where I have switching box.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QLV899F/?tag=fabo03-20

there I run 3 cat 5 cables...one goes to 50 Roku HDTV located over the deck...one goes to the Computer at the desk...Third cat 5 cable is 50 ft long and goes out back door of garage into 14 x 66 single wide trailer that is on the property that I use for storage of important parts...lol

that cat 5 cable goes to another router in the trailer that provides wifi to the motorhome on otherside of single wide trailer that ...Could not get a strong signal from garage....In motorhome It provides wifi to laptop and hd tv in motherhome...Roku ....

so on a one acre property I got alot of wifi ....LOL
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Man that is a lot! I'm assuming you're happy with that wifi extender??
 
mopowers said:
Do any of you have experience with a decent wifi range booster/extender that you can recommend? I'd love to be able to use my laptop in the garage, but the signal strength isn't quite strong enough. I'm thinking a wifi extender would solve the problem. Thank you!
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Get this:

ALFA AWUS036NH 802.11n WIRELESS-N USB Wi-Fi adapter 2 watt

It plugs in to a USB port on your laptop. I've used these for years and have recommended them to others. We use it on the road (RV). Buy it from the company shown, they have awesome support and a big presence on eBay also. Some earlier versions don't have the drivers for Windows 10. This way wherever your laptop is you will have much better reception. I can sit outside any store, McDonald's, etc and hook to their unsecured WiFi. You will be picking up neighbors signals too. Just be sure to use a VPN if your doing any financial, medical, etc. transactions on a public WiFi.

Pay close attention to the instructions and turn off you onboard WiFi so it doesn't conflict with this adapter.
 
340demon72 said:
Get this:

ALFA AWUS036NH 802.11n WIRELESS-N USB Wi-Fi adapter 2 watt

It plugs in to a USB port on your laptop. I've used these for years and have recommended them to others. We use it on the road (RV). Buy it from the company shown, they have awesome support and a big presence on eBay also. Some earlier versions don't have the drivers for Windows 10. This way wherever your laptop is you will have much better reception. I can sit outside any store, McDonald's, etc and hook to their unsecured WiFi. You will be picking up neighbors signals too. Just be sure to use a VPN if your doing any financial, medical, etc. transactions on a public WiFi.

Pay close attention to the instructions and turn off you onboard WiFi so it doesn't conflict with this adapter.
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I'm not sure I can use that. The laptop in question is my work laptop and I do not have the ability to download and/or install any apps or programs since I do not have admin rights. I'm assuming that device requires a driver to be installed?
 
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70aarcuda said:
I have a detached garage...I use this extender to get wifi into the garage.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1WW638/?tag=fabo03-20

But I go an extra step....I run a cat 5 cable from the extender to my desk where I have switching box.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QLV899F/?tag=fabo03-20

there I run 3 cat 5 cables...one goes to 50 Roku HDTV located over the desk...one goes to the Computer at the desk...Third cat 5 cable is 50 ft long and goes out back door of garage into 14 x 66 single wide trailer that is on the property that I use for storage of important parts...lol

that cat 5 cable goes to another router in the trailer that provides wifi to the motorhome on otherside of single wide trailer that ...Could not get a strong signal from garage....In motorhome It provides wifi to laptop and hd tv in motherhome...Roku ....

so on a one acre property I got alot of wifi ....LOL
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How far away is the detached garage from home router? Also, did you setup the second router as an access point?
 
mopowers said:
I'm not sure I can use that. The laptop in question is my work laptop and I do not have the ability to download any apps or programs since I do not have admin rights. I'm assuming that device requires a driver to be downloaded?
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Yup, you got me there. Never assumed it might not be your laptop. Then use a WiFi extender that plugs in an outlet ( for power only) near the garage but uses WiFi and not the house wiring to pass data such as this:

NETGEAR - Essentials Edition N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender - White
 
The extender is about 75 feet away from router....house is an old cylinder block has...in fact my daughter lives in it and they have problems getting wifi to the back bedroom...
the computer in the garage could pick up the house router but it was a week signal....so 30 bucks for the extender I get a very strong signal and excellent download speeds,,,I dont have any problem using the computer on line and tv at the same time thru the switch box....

The second router is a netgear that is a few years old....and once I ran cat 5 cable to it and fire it up...I login into the old router...and it immediate changed it IP address not conflict with the house router...and bingo....been working since...
 
I install internet services. We use a device called AirTies by Auri. Its a mesh system that uses a sideband to communicate with each other to extend your wifi throughout the house. Some range extenders use the same frequency to extend your signal and that may actually slow your service down. I have 5 in my house and they all have a 150-1100MB link between each other, but the house internet is only 60, but we get 60 and 4-5 bars at every corner of our property. You hard wire your router with one and turn off your routers wifi. This one now controls the wireless and every new 'open' node you bring into the network (using the airties app) pops up on your app and you tell it to connect. bingo, now your 2 devices are talking to each other and extending the same network ID and password. I have 5. I use it more like a lab as I occasionally install these at subs houses but never more than 2. It says 5 is max and the app used to show you a star topology of your network with link lines between all the nodes but it may have changed in the last few weeks as mine is not showing me that anymore. used to look like this....but 5. I sent a pair to a member here that had an outbuilding. I think he got it to work
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pishta said:
I install internet services. We use a device called AirTies by Auri. Its a mesh system that uses a sideband to communicate with each other to extend your wifi throughout the house. Some range extenders use the same frequency to extend your signal and that may actually slow your service down. I have 5 in my house and they all have a 150-1100MB link between each other, but the house internet is only 60, but we get 60 and 4-5 bars at every corner of our property. You hard wire your router with one and turn off your routers wifi. This one now controls the wireless and every new 'open' node you bring into the network (using the airties app) pops up on your app and you tell it to connect. bingo, now your 2 devices are talking to each other and extending the same network ID and password. I have 5. I use it more like a lab as I occasionally install these at subs houses but never more than 2. It says 5 is max and the app used to show you a star topology of your network with link lines between all the nodes but it may have changed in the last few weeks as mine is not showing me that anymore. used to look like this....but 5. I sent a pair to a member here that had an outbuilding. I think he got it to work
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Is this the device you're talking about? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072M2DJXC/?tag=fabo03-20

Does it require the installation of a driver or any other app? You're saying two are needed for my sake? Also, I'm not sure I have the ability to turn on my router's wifi. I can certainly disconnect from it on my computer/phone, but I believe my internet provider's "gateway" automatically runs the wifi with no separate switch, though I could be wrong. I'd have to check.
 
That' the model, but youll really need 2 in a pack for a MESH. Ill PM you.
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