Woo I forgot about that. It's still in my drawer unpacked :face_with_monocle:

How does this work will it help with buffering sometimes with my IPTV on my nividia box?

Sounds very intriguining... I'm in!

What does this exactly do?

What is this?

The description can be confusing. This is "just" a wifi repeater. It won't do magic to your slow wifi, it can actually be slower because it has to relay the data. The idea is to cover weaker area, you put this device in between the weak signal area and your wifi router, it then repeats the signal to your main router.

I'm guessing it's basically a WiFi booster that you can plug into your phone or tablet? Might be pointless since my old Nokia Windows phone can run a signal at half a mile...

@Gollywood‌ @euro this extends your WiFi signal. So if you get a poor WiFi signal you would plug this in and it acts as a booster.

Seems decent worth a try for my outhouse usb socket

Amazing device. Been using it for about 4 months and does the job as good or better than many other repeaters more than double the price.

I've heard setting up can be tricky if you aren't exactly sure how to do it, but worked like a charm for me. (Used a YouTube guide)

I've found this repeaters' range to be much greater than the actual main routers range. Even if you plug it right next to the main router, you will have signal in much larger area than the router. (It would be a waste to use them right next to each other though)

Have updated the description so you guys can understand what this really is.

Can this be used in an extension if or will that weaken the signal? Thanks

Do I need this?....Nope.....ORDERED!

I use a private website in the loo. Can this extend it

These are awesome.
I've got 2.

This was posted before about last Friday and you needed a code to bring the price down to then £6.56.
I paid £7.41 plus registered email 36p made £7.76 and it has been shipped. I f it does what it claims I will be very happy for the price.

£5.33 if you go through Ali express. Free shipping too, if you don't mind the wait.

Another quick question. Does it connect to your router as all my ether connections are full with hue,hive etc?

Do you think this would work on Arlo cameras so they can be put further from the house.. say bottom of the garden looking back at the house?

Guys, "amplifiers" don't always mean half the bandwidth.
I have this one and I use it directly plugged into my router's USB port.

Some of you think that is useless, but let me explain.
Connected to your router, it almost has close to zero (or even zero) loss in speeds as it doesn't really have to relay data. It only is to boost the signal. It doesn't lose any bandwidth either this way.
Being honest, it probably improved the signal around my house for about 30%, which I am happy for this price.

Now, of course you can set it up and put it on the 2nd floor while your modem is on your 1st floor or whatevernot but yes, then you are going to lose bandwidth and the connection may not be as fast due to the data relay.

Is this powered by USB?

From the product specs: "Packing List: 1 x Original Xiaomi Mi WiFi Amplifier 2, 1 x Chinese Manual"

Why Chinese Manual with the English version?

This looks like just what my parents need for their house. Since getting the new sky Q hub router for their broadband the wifi won't reach round the whole house. Does this use the same wifi password as the router?

Can this be used abroad on weak hotel signals?

If you want something for a hotel room, I would be temped to go with this one.

ebay.co.uk/itm…114

Hot for Xiaomi

Sorry if this sounds like a novice question, but can I connect this to my computer upstairs to pick up a WiFi connection from my router downstairs?

Yep.

Would it be able to repeat virgin 100 easily ?

Should be able to with any routers.

Great deal heat.

Does anyone know of a version that can cannect to the router via an ethernet cable and repeat the signal?

I'm looking to run a 15m ethernet cable to the "insert product here" and boost signal that way as opposed to wifi to wifi.

Thanks

I have the previous version of this model and it's a brilliant wee device . I just use a phone charger with a usb input and put it upstairs . I have Virgin media BB and repeats the signal well and it uses the same password as my virgin router . ‌

Bought. Had some credit in my wallet with GB total cost £2.37 delivered.

I am not sure what you are trying to achieve. Does your PC already have wifi? If it does then this will only help if it is placed somewhere where there is wifi signal already for it to boost. Attaching it to your pc is not the logical way of doing this, you put it half way between the router and the pc. If your pc is from the Stone Age and doesn't have wifi then you need a wireless adapter not this

No. Unfortunately, that is short because of your genetics. Xiaomi are good, but they are not that good. Sorry.

Yes - you plug this in somewhere between upstairs and downstairs and it acts as a relay basically that bounces your routers downstairs signal upstairs. On its own your router is unable to reach that far but placing this inbetween where it can reach it will allow this device to bounce it further - this is basically what I understand it does (I've not tried it but I've ordered one myself as it seems useful).

Got one for 9 quid from eBay as couldn't be bothered waiting to save a couple of quid. Can't get the App to say it has configured the device correctly on my iPhone and it has created a new APN with a suffix. I expected the APN would have the same name as the original. Also seems very fussy about which power source it works with. I have an Anker multi USB charger and it won't work with this. All in all not that great for a travelling device but would be ok to leave plugged in your house.

I dont have this yet (awaiting delivery) but if I were to guess why different USB chargers don't always work, it is probably because they may not provide enough voltage - they tend to vary and be designed for phones and a device like this may need a higher voltage to keep it continously running.

This is just my uneducated guess.

Anyone got any tracking info on their orders yet?

No.

Install a Chinese espionage device in your home for the low cost of £6.51 today!

Personally I wouldn't trust something like this on my network.

(I own a Xiaomi phone and router, neither running original fimware, hardware is great though)

Now £5.17 using code HARVEST020

I bought it last time it was on sale... couldn't get it to connect :thinking:

It keeps Timing out...

Since it's quite cheap, I could actually get one for my needs :nerd:

Nice find!!

Code doesn't work....?

Woohoo, ordered!

No, just install American, UK and Russian spyware instead. Seriously, we have no privacy and fighting between which country we think we are blocking :thinking:

I don't need this but at this price I might get it.

Haven't ordered but it worked when I tried

It could also be the router, some free ISP provided ones really aren't up to handling the fastest Virgin and Openreach connections. We have 150MB from Virgin as an upgrade but still have an older model Home Hub and it would get bogged down from 3 people using the web for text and audio content. I switched to a pFSense router (which is probably overkill, but was a cheap refurb) and even without optimisation the performance is much better.

I'd suggest buying a cheap length of Cat5e (or better) cable, booting everyone else off (check the router config page for freeloaders) and trying to replicate the problem.

Price went up to 8.19 when I tried

Same for me - code puts the price up

Mine appears to have landed in the UK so must be days away from delivery now!

Ordered on 30th August - Delivered today according to tracking! Will check it out once home! So technically arrived within 7 working days!

Well Mine arrived today and its all set up - astonishingly it seems to be faster than my normal wifi even factoring in latency it no doubt creates bouncing the signal. All in all seems a very good device! Set-up and running in less than a minute really.

Still never recieved mine.

When did you order it? What does tracking say?

The same day I posted this deal, tracking doesn't have any mention of UK, believe its still in China. Out of interest, is your delivery option Unregistered Mail?

Hey - no I chose registered mail (british priority mail) which is delivered by Yodel. I had to pay a little extra for it but its what I've used previously. I think the delivery time-span is shorter for me using this method? Theres only 1 day difference between our order dates but I think yours may take up to 5 days extra I think?

Makes sense, I'll wait for another week. I'll update when I recieve it.

Did yours ever arrive mate?

Last chance to try from me...

Anyone know a device where I can plug a 20 metre ethernet cable into my router and then connect it to the device to project a wifi signal?

Powerline adaptors are not an option due to my wiring in my flat. Also i'm on virgin media 300mb so would have to get a pretty expensive 1gb if my place allowed.

TIA

Not yet, Gearbest delivery is now super late since they changed to CJFAM. Will update when I recieve it.

Try a Belkin N600.

amazon.co.uk/Bel…600

Thanks for the suggestion. I've looked on Amazon and it suggests the ethernet port is for connecting another device to for a wired connection, as opposed to me wanting to transfer my virgin hub single to the device via ethernet.

Thanks anyway for the suggestion.

EDIT: Was you referring to this unit?

amazon.co.uk/Bel…600

Recieved mine today, connected using the Mi Home App & works as should.

Hi, sorry for the late response. I've recieved mine today & confirm that it uses the same password as your router. :nerd:

Glad to hear! I suppose if anything this demonstrates the different delivery options at least and time scales! I used British priority mail (tracked).

Just to help anyone who may be struggling. Download the Mi Home App from Google playstore and during set up, pick China mainland as your home. This apparently make the app work and more likely to connect. I picked "other" initially and the extender wouldn't connect but as said earlier, picking China mainland worked.

Not sure what you're trying to do.

You said you can't run a 20m cable, you can't use power over Lan?

In that case you simply need to buy a good wifi repeater and place it half way between the points .