Boosting WiFi around home

[DadToThree]

We have a few black spots in our house WiFi. Signal in our bedroom is ok but can drop out and in our living room it’s the same.

We have two sets of booster plugs for our sky boxes and they do a good job.

However I was just wondering what ways are there to boost a signal more generally around the house? (Rather than for just one item as the booster plugs are.)

[Lovesholidays]

We have A BT plug in on our landing that works for all our devices upstairs we had to join the network but once we go upstairs it automatically links on. Best thing we have ever got. We called BT to tell them that their WiFi didn’t really do what it said it should and ended up getting the mini hub for nothing.

[ziggyzag]

We use a netgear plug wifi booster, need it in the bedroom for the tv and tablets, works great

[JLH]

Originally Posted by Lovesholidays

We have A BT plug in on our landing that works for all our devices upstairs we had to join the network but once we go upstairs it automatically links on. Best thing we have ever got. We called BT to tell them that their WiFi didn’t really do what it said it should and ended up getting the mini hub for nothing.

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I might try that - have recently switched to BT and my kids haven’t stopped moaning about the WiFi upstairs - I use it downstairs and it’s fine .

[shack69]

You need what is commonly called a wifi extender. This works by picking up the weak signal and then retransmitting it. All you have to do is plug it in within range of your original box and the range starts again from that box.
Before you do that you may want to look at your current router and try changing the channel as that can make a difference to the range.
But otherwise look at somethink like this LINK they are less than £20.

[JessBlu]

Got one from amazon £15 extends to garden and loft extension, works really well.

[Guest]

We have a booster in the kitchen a BT one. Works well.

[Warkman58]

I use Devolo plugs to pass the signal through the house, then add a older wifi router to the end, plus my Devolo plug in the lounge has its own wifi signal

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[DadToThree]

Originally Posted by Warkman58

I use Devolo plugs to pass the signal through the house, then add a older wifi router to the end, plus my Devolo plug in the lounge has its own wifi signal

devolo/article/dla...kit-powerline/

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With these do you need to connect a router to each plug?

[Warkman58]

Originally Posted by DadToThree

With these do you need to connect a router to each plug?

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No. The one plug goes near your actual router, the second plug with Wi-Fi goes in tge room where you are having black spots.
Tge Wi-Fi plug can be set to the same signal (mirror) your Wi-fi and in that way, your laptop etc can grab which ever is the stronger signal of your Wi-Fi seamlessly.

What I have is slightly different, I have the Wi-Fi plug in the lounge (my main router/Wi-fi id down the other end of the house) sending my same Wi-Fi signal, but I also have an Ethernet cable coming out the plug to a switching box for PS4, Fire Tv, BT tv, blue ray prayer and tv. But I also have a old BT router Wi-Fi, transmitting a second Wi-fi signal.
The lads bedroom upstairs also has the Wi-fi plug transmitting main Wi-fi signal and his desktop plugged in by Ethernet.