how to boost wifi signal

dannygee

dannygee

dannygee

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My ISP is virgin media. I bought a "super hub" from them for a fiver (which is probably more than it's worth!), but still only have decent wifi signal at the back half of my house, close to where the router is.

I also have a western digital power link which works well, but obviously only if you have an ethernet port.

I've now just bought a tablet which doesn't have an ethernet port, so am going to need to resolve the signal problem -- what's the best way to boost it?
 
Thanks. I did try to re-use the original virgin router in the way you describe, but couldn't get it to work that way. I'll look and see if it has an AP mode, but don't think so. If I do need to get a new, dedicated device do you have any advice on which I should choose?
 
75 quid max probably is the budget. not sure about the other questions -- dual band could be a good idea, I don't really know how much of an improvement wireless-AC is likely to be (especially in my price bracket)?
 
OK, I've tried but don't really understand where the settings are that I need to change. In my system preferences under wifi, I can find 'configure ipv4', 'router' and 'configure ipv6' and again 'router' both offering "using dhcp with manual address' and 'automatically' and 'manually' -- is that the right place? Are you able to direct me from there? My brother is suggesting a wireless network adapter as an alternative, but that costs 40 quid, I'd sooner not spend it if I can adapt hardware I already have. Thank you.
 
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