A portable, simple WiFi amplifier (repeater) which increases your WiFi signal in areas where your WiFi signal isn't strong.
Description: ● Lightweight (only 30 grams), you can carry it and pair it with routers easily. ● No need to switch the hotspot, double your WiFi signal's power ● Special USB power supply unit, the USB can be rotated 180 degree. ● Can automatically detect the connection state and strength of signal. ● Plug and play, no need to install any drivers. ● Can be powered by a power bank or a USB charger.
Note this is the English Version so the app would be in English and not in chinese!
All comments (58)
gibblesuk
13 Sep 17#1
Anyone tried these?
alfreer1 to gibblesuk
13 Sep 17#6
Seemed to work in the house, took it to work to try and extend the free O2 WiFi, no joy so far.
lianghe1984 to gibblesuk
13 Sep 17#10
Have two of these at home back in China, work really well, nothing to lose at this price IMO
vtec to lianghe1984
13 Sep 17#14
If it doesn't work that's over £6 out of pocket
pablobanez
13 Sep 17#2
yes, you will need to download a app to phone for setup (couldnt find Wins http address), delivery took approx 2 - 3 weeks
EN1GMA to pablobanez
13 Sep 17#20
Which app do you know? I've ordered one a week ago so knowing how to set up would be great :grin:
The "Mi Home" App (on Android anyway). Also controls/interracts with dozens of their other devices/gizmos eg the Yeelight LED lights often seen on HUKD.
a YouTube Video illustrating the USB device & setup
Slightly less if you let PayPal do the currency conversion, and probably even less if you have a fee-free credit card. (Allegedly) faster shipping too. Thanks for the link.
amour3k to PaulB42
13 Sep 17#24
You asked, and you received ... lol. :-)
Bobbybhoy to q44q
13 Sep 17#15
Ordered. Thanks.
unknownuserid to q44q
13 Sep 17#17
Ordered. Thanks. Selected currency CNY and PayPal converted to £5.28.
ShortyRees to q44q
13 Sep 17#18
Postage eliminated price difference
dorothyhoggarth to q44q
13 Sep 17#27
ordered thx
BubaMan to q44q
18 Sep 17#41
Combined with the £5 PayPal offer, this cost me 46p - cheers :smile:
hartswood
13 Sep 17#4
Excellent device. Just ordered two more after receiving one last week. Was getting zero reception at the bottom of the garden, 30 metres from the router. With this getting steady 20 to 25 Mbps.
teerex
13 Sep 17#5
Bought one but worked out as £6.23
feeder16
13 Sep 17#7
Work with sky Q?
gt4game to feeder16
13 Sep 17#9
Didnt for me, connection would always time out.
jp1843 to gt4game
13 Sep 17#13
Read online you have to change the security type on your sky router, once the extender is setup you can change back to original type (WPA, WPE etc.)
gt4game to jp1843
13 Sep 17#32
Ive tried it with my phone hotspot with the same WPA2 setting and it worked but not with the sky router
gt4game
13 Sep 17#8
This didnt work with my sky q router.
ra11
13 Sep 17#11
this device works great but as with all repeaters sucks the wifi / internet dry: I found my internet performance drastically reduce: it seems they halve bandwidth at times which is a real pity
HibaTosh
13 Sep 17#16
Ordered. Thanks.
vinster345
13 Sep 17#19
Got a couple. Cheers
EN1GMA
13 Sep 17#23
Thanks mk Donald and saucy monk
chmaiden
13 Sep 17#25
So doesn't work with sky?
amour3k to chmaiden
13 Sep 17#28
Yes and no.
Sky Q was always referenced above?, but the normal Sky+ HAD was not?.
So who know's ...
EN1GMA
13 Sep 17#29
Can I delete the app once set up? Scary amount of permissions I need to accept.
mk-donald to EN1GMA
13 Sep 17#30
I'd imagine the App just programme the USB stick's flash memory with the SSID/password of your WiFi Access Point so yes. It's not like your phone has to be on/there for Mi devices to work. (That said the USB stick MAY rely on your Mi Account to find out which SSID/password to continue to use - though it'd only get to the a/c thru the cloud via your Wifi AP I guess, so don't try to delete your Mi Account, just uninstall the App on your phone.)
woldranger
13 Sep 17#31
Would you be able to just plug and play with these once you have the app - I'd be looking at using it with hotel wifi and I'm not sure if it would work.
richarddavies1
13 Sep 17#33
So am I right in thinking that once this is charged, you can just walk around the house with it? Sorry if that sounds like a stupid question but I've only ever seen the ones that you leave plugged into an electric socket before.. Mind blown.. This is some sorcery! How long does it last once charged? Thanks!
Crossbow to richarddavies1
13 Sep 17#34
Good question actually. It needs to be plugged into a USB power source to work (it's not chargeable) - so something like a switched-on PC/laptop or pre-charged powerbank or similar.
bo9dster007 to richarddavies1
14 Sep 17#37
Pretty sure it needs a USB port to power it
Phyore
13 Sep 17#35
Get 8% off also with the coupon "Twitter"
wackyraces
14 Sep 17#36
Ordered, thanks.
teerex
15 Sep 17#38
Planned to use mine with sky q router but from comments here it looks like I've wasted £6
brendanhickey to teerex
16 Sep 17#39
They are talking about sky q which is tv that is sent over wifi to a box not connect to a dish. It will work with a sky router for Internet just like any other router.
teerex to brendanhickey
16 Sep 17#40
Thanks
jazferbetay to brendanhickey
27 Sep 17#56
Are you sure I have the sky q hub and it does not work with mine or I cant get it to work
Anyone know how to set-up without an android device ?
ChrisUK
19 Sep 17#43
Sorted it - result, its terrible. Better speeds on 1 bar wifi than 4 bars extender.
Possibly OK for someone who requires a portable garden wifi, don't bother otherwise.
pengwyn
20 Sep 17#44
Initial assessment is great, I used to put my worthless network card on a usb extender to the window and get my mothers landline broadband so i stuck this in the window now I can use it around the house its slightly slower as it repeats. I couldnt spread football anyway but may pay to upgrade mum to fttc instead of my 64gb EE 14.50 deal.
pengwyn
20 Sep 17#45
Can you use this to extend a bt fonera as you have to log in then it becomes a not
england2222
22 Sep 17#46
Does anyone elses keep timing out when using the MiHome app?
diddlypockets
23 Sep 17#47
Has anybody got theirs yet? I ordered mine after this thread, but have not received it yet. It was stuck at Status as "Arrival at export hub" for a very long time and has only now moved to "departure to country of destination". :disappointed:
teerex
23 Sep 17#48
Mine arrived today but times out when it gets to 89% or so. I've tried resetting etc but no luck. Using sky router by the way, which some people have said doesn't seem to work with it. I've also tried changing the router security setting but still no success.
Crossbow to teerex
27 Sep 17#55
Works fine for me on a Sky router, after trying just the 2nd time using the video below:
First reset it & try again:
Before trying to pair, don't forget to switch on Bluetooth on the device you've installed the app.
Choose 'Mainland China' as instructed, & add a new device manually. I didn't have to select it from a list as the video shows. It added itself, just going back & forth on that screen a few times.
Now running my phone in another room connected to the Mi's Wi-Fi with all 4 Wi-Fi icon connection bars lit, where normally I'd get only 1-2 bars lit from the regular router's Wi-Fi connection.
teerex to Crossbow
29 Sep 17#57
Tried numerous times but still not working. Even tried with iOS on iPad but no joy
DjNang
25 Sep 17#49
Mine arrived today as well.
Been messing around with it for almost 3 hours but no luck at all.
I can see the default SSID but the app can't find the device for the life of me.
Can anyone shed some light on to this or should I just put it in the bin already?
teerex to DjNang
25 Sep 17#50
Yours appears to be a different problem. In my case, the app picks up the device but I can't get the device to connect to the router.
DjNang to teerex
26 Sep 17#51
Which router are you using?
teerex to DjNang
26 Sep 17#53
Sky router. You?
DjNang to teerex
26 Sep 17#54
I'm using a BT router.
I finally managed to get it working. For some reason my Chinese phone wasn't seeing the repeater. Used a friend's Samsung and went through just fine (via the MiHome app). Once configured and set up, connected to the repeater on my Chinese phone and everything was working fine. I'm assuming that the wireless chipset on the repeater just doesn't like my phone or vica versa.
Also a lot of people are having issues with the app and the new server. I found that the Taiwanese server worked a treat for me.
mk-donald
26 Sep 17#52
Mine arrived yesterday. Plugged it into a USB power supply. Went into Android MiHome App and it didn't automatically show/find it, but went into "+" to manually add and selected the item and after a couple of run throughs of setting up it seemed to get to 100% and I found a new "Mi WiFi Repeater 2" tile in my MiHome devices, where you can select whether to leave it be an extra WiFi Access Point - defaults to same as original SSID with "_plus" added or else to use as "WiFi Roaming" ie repeating the SSID of your main WiFi AP. Shows a version 2.0.28 (Up-to-date).
setrill
29 Sep 17#58
Purchased 2 weeks ago. Arrived today. Configured in 5min. Working fine :-)
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Opening post
Description:
● Lightweight (only 30 grams), you can carry it and pair it with routers easily.
● No need to switch the hotspot, double your WiFi signal's power
● Special USB power supply unit, the USB can be rotated 180 degree.
● Can automatically detect the connection state and strength of signal.
● Plug and play, no need to install any drivers.
● Can be powered by a power bank or a USB charger.
Note this is the English Version so the app would be in English and not in chinese!
All comments (58)
took it to work to try and extend the free O2 WiFi, no joy so far.
play.google.com/sto…ome
For anyone interested?.
a YouTube Video illustrating the USB device & setup
lightinthebox.com/xia…483
Sky Q was always referenced above?, but the normal Sky+ HAD was not?.
So who know's ...
How long does it last once charged? Thanks!
sky.com/sho…ub/
Possibly OK for someone who requires a portable garden wifi, don't bother otherwise.
Works fine for me on a Sky router, after trying just the 2nd time using the video below:
First reset it & try again:
Before trying to pair, don't forget to switch on Bluetooth on the device you've installed the app.
Choose 'Mainland China' as instructed, & add a new device manually. I didn't have to select it from a list as the video shows. It added itself, just going back & forth on that screen a few times.
Now running my phone in another room connected to the Mi's Wi-Fi with all 4 Wi-Fi icon connection bars lit, where normally I'd get only 1-2 bars lit from the regular router's Wi-Fi connection.
Been messing around with it for almost 3 hours but no luck at all.
I can see the default SSID but the app can't find the device for the life of me.
Can anyone shed some light on to this or should I just put it in the bin already?
I finally managed to get it working. For some reason my Chinese phone wasn't seeing the repeater. Used a friend's Samsung and went through just fine (via the MiHome app). Once configured and set up, connected to the repeater on my Chinese phone and everything was working fine. I'm assuming that the wireless chipset on the repeater just doesn't like my phone or vica versa.
Also a lot of people are having issues with the app and the new server. I found that the Taiwanese server worked a treat for me.
Shows a version 2.0.28 (Up-to-date).
Configured in 5min.
Working fine :-)