Extend Wi-Fi coverage - delivers Wi-Fi signal to hard to reach areas of your home or office virtually eliminating dead spots
Boost your connectivity - with speeds of up to 300 Mbps ideal for video streaming
Simple start - simple set-up can be done via laptop, smartphone or tablet device
Broad compatibility - works with all brands of routers and modem routers
Compact design - plugs into a standard wall outlet and has a compact design that fits unobtrusively into any home decor
Latest comments (27)
craig19
20 Jun 16#11
Can these be switched off and turned back on and remember the password? Like off for 24hrs?
e-m-m-a to craig19
31 Jul 16#27
Yes... It remembers everything unless you factory restore it.... You can reset it and it will still remember.
andybarnes
19 Jun 16#6
Do these work with any sort of wifi router / setup? I only ask because I've got Sky Q and they sell their own boosters. I have an old Sky one that no longer works with the new system.
BungalowBill to andybarnes
20 Jun 16#8
I think so. You give it the name and password of the WiFi you want to extend, and it mimics that with the same name and password - effectively you have two hotspots that share a name so you cam connect to either, seamlessly. Should be router agnostic.
e-m-m-a to andybarnes
31 Jul 16#26
It says on the box that it works with all routers... I got one from argos a few days ago... I only got round to setting it up up today... Its great so far!!
GeoDogger
22 Jun 16#25
Good idea, love thinking outside of the "box", thinking "sideways" too...
Broxy
21 Jun 16#24
Cheers OP picked one up in argos this morning and it works a treat, full signal throughout the house with no more deadspots and 75% signal down the other end of the garden. Well pleased with it.
Sparx71
21 Jun 16#23
it doesn't pick up a 5g only 2g, but I use it to extend wifi to the garden and it works fine... got mine at Argos for £14.99
buglawton
21 Jun 161#22
Don't confuse this with the Homeplug Wifi type extender.
This appears to be a WiFi relay type extender. I think it adds more WiFi pollution - last time I tried one, it slowed my main WiFi by 15% and caused some devices to drop out, plus confused a WiFi printer until I got it's settings right.
Better is one that receives on 5GHz and transmits on 2.4GHz, best is one that receives via mains signal and rebroadcasts on a different frequency from your main WiFi.
But I'd be happy to be corrected.
GeoDogger
21 Jun 16#20
Does this repeat the same network, or create a new one?
What happens when your stood in-between both networks? I have a poor WiFi signal in the rear garden. I assume this connects to the router (assuming a good signal) and creates another signal.
hollger to GeoDogger
21 Jun 16#21
First part - yes, it connects to your existing wifi and then re-broadcasts that using its own antennae.
When you're in-between networks... well, this is ultimately down to your device/operating system to manage but in theory the stronger signal should be the one that is connected to, however this will obviously vary depending on the tolerance of your device.
A quick edit/addition - you will never be in-between "networks" so to speak as you'll always be connected to the one SSID, so replace 'networks' with 'devices broadcasting the SSID' in the above.
VISHY
20 Jun 16#19
Just purchased. Looking for homeplugs in the long term for wired connection but this will do in the meantime, thnaks OP :smiley:
amuseboy
20 Jun 16#18
I just bought the netgear one which is £2 more but has external antennas which I hoping will give me better coverage than the belkin.
Thank you. Got one reserved for tomorrow. Will try boost the signal in the garden and back of house up stairs. :smiley:
proevo21
20 Jun 161#7
Perfect just what I needed. Thanks OP
jameswalker9
19 Jun 16#5
Does anybody know if these will extent a hotspot wifi signal? Each time you just need to go through a simple login screen of pressing 'get online'. It's an EE business wifi I think.
K0YS
19 Jun 16#3
14.99 in argos too.
Glenthegraber
19 Jun 16#2
can't go wrong with belkin netgear, stay away from tp-link
BungalowBill
19 Jun 16#1
Can vouch for the quality of these - put one in my kitchen paired to the WiFi router in the lounge, now I can get the WiFi all the way to the bottom of the garden.
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Opening post
Boost your connectivity - with speeds of up to 300 Mbps ideal for video streaming
Simple start - simple set-up can be done via laptop, smartphone or tablet device
Broad compatibility - works with all brands of routers and modem routers
Compact design - plugs into a standard wall outlet and has a compact design that fits unobtrusively into any home decor
Latest comments (27)
This appears to be a WiFi relay type extender. I think it adds more WiFi pollution - last time I tried one, it slowed my main WiFi by 15% and caused some devices to drop out, plus confused a WiFi printer until I got it's settings right.
Better is one that receives on 5GHz and transmits on 2.4GHz, best is one that receives via mains signal and rebroadcasts on a different frequency from your main WiFi.
But I'd be happy to be corrected.
What happens when your stood in-between both networks? I have a poor WiFi signal in the rear garden. I assume this connects to the router (assuming a good signal) and creates another signal.
When you're in-between networks... well, this is ultimately down to your device/operating system to manage but in theory the stronger signal should be the one that is connected to, however this will obviously vary depending on the tolerance of your device.
A quick edit/addition - you will never be in-between "networks" so to speak as you'll always be connected to the one SSID, so replace 'networks' with 'devices broadcasting the SSID' in the above.
netgear linky
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2598493.htm