WiFi Boosters
Router is in the bedroom upstairs as this is where the phone line comes in, so th signal downstairs is very poor due to it being an older house with all bricks walls. so I am looking for a good wifi booster as the signal strength on the firestick changes from fair to marginal so its very poor. I was also wondering if there was something like the plug in ones you can run from room to room but have wifi booster included, so that I could hardwire one to the router and the downstairs one could use the signal and boost it.
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Setup one or more up as a wifi repeater bridge, can connect wired and wireless. There's easy to follow, step by step guides you can find on google.
argos.co.uk/product/7030664
Other cheaper alternatives are available. Repeaters tend to suffer lag which means you get buffering at times, not an ideal experience.
I Understand what I want to do but not sure of the equipment I need, I really don't understand the differnet makes and models, I.m afraid I buy a range extender and it doesn't do any good. I understand the hard wire link between the electricity sockets utilizing the wiring in your home and would just use those but the firestick you cant run a wire into so the only option is to get the signal better downstairs, so is there something that I could hardwire to the upstairs router then plug another downstairs which just boost the signal?? thanks for replying
could you link some please so I can see what I,m looking for. thanks
Refurbished amazon.co.uk/BT-…FDM even cheaper at £14.99 - yes, this is for a homeplug + wifi pair!
N300 wifi (for increased speed on devices that support N300) - still only 10/100 Ethernet so only good up to 100Mb broadband amazon.co.uk/TL-…ifi
Dual band, if you have 5GHz devices, but still only 10/100 ethernet amazon.co.uk/TL-…ifi
Need higher? Gigabit Ethernet on this one - amazon.co.uk/TL-…_ce
Just making a few random picks, but that BT kit, especially the refurbished, is an incredible bargain - and I'd be surprise if a firestick had anything above N150 - and I'd be wrong, the current model has wireless AC Dual band, not sure if earlier ones do - and if it's got that, then the dual band model (with AC750) may be a better choice, as 5GHz has oodles of space compared to 2.4GHz, so no battle to find a good channel
PS. If you don't have spare wall sockets, then you may need to look at a set with mains passthrough, though you never get passthrough on the wifi unit, only on the router end unit. They should not be used on an extension as it would degrade signal, so the only other choice would be to plug a 2 or 3 3 way block in the wall, with the homeplug and the extension plugged in to it