If I get a wifi range booster, connect it via cable to the virgin router, so I have wifi in the other end of my house (I only get 1 bar and its sporadic on my phone), I will have full wifi signal on my phone at all times. Connecting my phone via the extenders wifi broadcast, will that mean I can still connect to my wired PC to use apps such as VLC remote and the iPhone mouse app I use? Or will I be on a different wifi network, like an extension one that is seperate?
Wireless range extender
- Thread starter hurfdurf
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The extender, in wireless mode, will work as a relay so will just extend the existing network and should allow all things to work just the same.
In wired mode you'll need to make sure the extender, or access point as it'll be then, is configured to join the same network and it'll work as above. This is how I have my wifi extender set at the moment and it's faultless, even with a different SSID as the main access point.
In wired mode you'll need to make sure the extender, or access point as it'll be then, is configured to join the same network and it'll work as above. This is how I have my wifi extender set at the moment and it's faultless, even with a different SSID as the main access point.
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Just updated to the latest firmware on the TP-link TL-WA730RE and after it reset and said it was successful it no longer connects to my computers via LAN, I will be taking it back for a refund from where I purchased it.
Just using my virgin media hub I get 2 bars of wifi furthest away from it, and it sometimes disconnects and I have to wait a 30 seconds for it to come back. With the extender I got full signal, only it would only connect after 30 minutes of being restarted and then I would have to restart it again to be able to reconnect. Pathetic.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to which wireless extenders work flawlessly? I bought a cheap piece of crap and it turned out to be crap.
Just using my virgin media hub I get 2 bars of wifi furthest away from it, and it sometimes disconnects and I have to wait a 30 seconds for it to come back. With the extender I got full signal, only it would only connect after 30 minutes of being restarted and then I would have to restart it again to be able to reconnect. Pathetic.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to which wireless extenders work flawlessly? I bought a cheap piece of crap and it turned out to be crap.
My WA730RE works fine. It is much better in wired mode than it was in wireless mode though. The only pain I have with it is that it is on 192.168.1.254 by default and the rest of my network is on 192.168.0.x so it needs reconfiguring after a factory reset, or a firmware update, and that involves changing my PC's settings to get access.
Hmmm ok if you vouch for it I'll do a factory reset and try it again. Thanks for your input.