bounce or extend my wifi

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i have a D-link DIR-615 wifi router, its tucked away under a shelf in a cabinet, now i can get internet anywhere in the house, but there seems to be a slight spot thats just not quite covered.

imagine a chimney breast in a living room, the wifi/router is on the right hand side of the chimney breast, but there is a blank area to the left side of the chimney breast that suffers a weaker signal..

can i some how bounce? the signals? or have a wifi extender? or? im unsure what i can do, so im seeking help...

 

[Tealc]

Don't use the internet in this blind spot or move the router so it covers that area too.

You could for example obtain a wifi antenna extension cable that could allow you to leave the router where it us but have the actual antenna located in a more appropriate spot, provided it's within a metre or two you'd see very little attenuation to your wifi signal.

You could also buy a wireless access point and run it to this blind spot by Cat5 and have it create it's own wifi network, possibly using a different channel to avoid issues.

A wireless extender would probably have issues if the location of the blind spot is very close to the original wifi source. Ideally a wireless extender would be situated half way across the house so that it acts as a relay to shorten the distance a signal must travel.