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Old 27 October 2017, 10:30 PM
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can anyone recommend good wifi extenders?

Have read good things on the Belkin N300 Wall Plug Mounted Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender/Wireless Signal Booster.

Very discreet as it just looks like a plug, and seems to get decent reviews.
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I install the double socket repeaters, that toolstation and wickes sell now for most customers.
Old 28 October 2017, 11:15 AM
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Devolo

Pass-thru plugs don't seem to last as long as non pass-thru.
Old 28 October 2017, 01:25 PM
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Ordered two of these
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The WiFi double sockets are a good idea. I assume you can get these in a brushed steel finish?
Will do some digging
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I have used both Netgear powerline adapters, and TP-Link - both seem to work well (I live in a 3 storey house).
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I recently switched from bt to sky and was appalled at the sky q box wifi signal, shockingly bad. Had a look online and found a way to switch off the sky wifi signal on their q box and run an ethernet into the bt hh5 router and use that as a wifi provider. You can run 3 cables from the q box meaning you can have 3 bt hh5's in different locations all broadcasting in 2.4 and 5 ghz.
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Indeed, this is a sky q router. To be fair, WiFi in the house is generally ok, my issue now is ring.com wireless security devices which are outside
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Make sure you don't leave on auto-channel as that can sometimes cause issues when both are on the same one.
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Got them setup, didn't take long at all.
They seem to have made a difference to the two external devices, as they're both now reporting good signal, rather than mainly poor to ok




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