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NutmegCT

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I have 5g wi-fi in the house - works fine. I want to use my laptop (wi-fi) in my workshop, which is about 150 away from the wi-fi router signal antenna.

Wondered if anyone here uses an extender, and how do you know the distance it can reach before buying. The workshop currently gets no signal from my wi-fi router.

Thanks!
Tom M.
 
I would be concerned about the security of the "extender".
Why not relocate the wi-fi base to a more central location?
 
equiprx said:
I would be concerned about the security of the "extender".
Why not relocate the wi-fi base to a more central location?
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My friend Dave had a similar problem with WIFI getting out to his shop from the house. he tried several different "extenders" that didn't really do anything useful.

We were considering running an ethernet cable to the shop and then just setting up a second base station inside, that his phone or laptop could connect to when out there without having to change anything in the house configuration. That would probably still be my solution if you have a way to get a cable from the house to the garage.
 
Thanks gents. "security of the extender" issue got me thinking (sorta). We're probably not sure of 'net security with any recent digital device. Do we know what all those chips and microchips really do?

Hope someone with an "extender" posts their experience.

TM
 
Just recently did what you're wanting to do. I'm no authority on the subject and may have just gotten lucky. In the first photo the wifi base is in the furthest window seen, looking from my garage. No wifi received in the garage.
The second photo shows the Nonser 10,000sq ft extender (bought on Amazon for $35) and placed in the nearest corner of the house to the garage.
The third and fourth photos show the Netgear EX6120 1500sq ft extender (from Ebay $30) plugged into an outlet in the corner of the garage closest to the house.
My laptop, phone, and small Roku tv receive an excellent signal...and work just fine.

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Thanks Steve!

So the signal goes from the house entrance, to the wi-fi-, to the house extender, to the garage extender, then to the receiving station? I wonder if there's a substantial difference of bandwidth and speed, between the house wi-fi and the final wi-fi device.
 
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