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I have been thinking about getting a Wireless Access Point, or Wireless Repeater - whatever the proper name for this is - because it is annoying me so much that in my entire house, my bedroom is the only room i cannot access our WiFi in. I want something i can set up easily, put somewhere near my bedroom out of the way and boost my routers signal so i can use the net in bed (no, not for porn...!).

 

I have tried pretty much every channel on the router to see if that makes a difference, but it appears not. There is nothing i'm aware of that should be blocking the signal either. It is so weird. I can literally get a 3-bar signal outside my bedroom door, but the moment i step inside it is gone. Makes me think there is some crazy metal in the walls of something.

 

Anyway, my question is, are these things worth it? Are they easy to set up? And do you know any good, cheap ones i could get?

 

Alternatively, what else can i do to increase the distance of the router's signal?

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I had this problem at home when the router was stupidly put behind a wall with metal inside (some kind of reinforcement), which was solved by moving it to the centre of the house.

 

You could also just link a new router to your current one as a wireless bridge, or a client (receiving from the current router instead of the Internet). That way, if your current one breaks somehow, you still have a router on your hands. They might be cheaper than a repeater too, though I didn't check or do any research or this.

 

You might have come across this already, but just in case:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/wirelesstips.aspx

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I bought this access point a couple of weeks ago, you can use it as a normal AP, bridge, repeater and a couple of other modes I think.

 

I tried it as a wireless repeater but it didn't work for me, but I had it it my room which doesn't have very good connection anyway, but it works really well as an access point. Mine's plugged into a homeplug though.

 

The setup for repeater mode is easy (in theory), you just set it to universal repeater mode and have it scan for your wireless network.

 

It's only £18 so it's not like it's a lot of money if it doesn't work.

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I had this problem at home when the router was stupidly put behind a wall with metal inside (some kind of reinforcement), which was solved by moving it to the centre of the house.

 

You could also just link a new router to your current one as a wireless bridge, or a client (receiving from the current router instead of the Internet). That way, if your current one breaks somehow, you still have a router on your hands. They might be cheaper than a repeater too, though I didn't check or do any research or this.

 

You might have come across this already, but just in case:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/wirelesstips.aspx

 

Yeah i think this wall must have some metal or something inside too. I can't really move the router either - wish i could. I have thought about the second router thing, though i think that will be quite complicated to set up. I'm not bad with computers, but i always seem to mess up things regarding internet connections and networks and what-have-you. They'd kill me at home if i messed it up.

 

I bought this access point a couple of weeks ago, you can use it as a normal AP, bridge, repeater and a couple of other modes I think.

 

I tried it as a wireless repeater but it didn't work for me, but I had it it my room which doesn't have very good connection anyway, but it works really well as an access point. Mine's plugged into a homeplug though.

 

The setup for repeater mode is easy (in theory), you just set it to universal repeater mode and have it scan for your wireless network.

 

It's only £18 so it's not like it's a lot of money if it doesn't work.

 

That sounds reasonable. Never heard of a home plug before, but i may give the repeater thing a try.

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Homeplugs are great, in fact it's less practical but I suppose you could forgo the repeater altogether and have a homeplug plugged in beside your bed with an ethernet cable connected. I'm assuming this is for a laptop?

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