In article , The Natural Philosopher
scribeth thus
On 02/03/17 21:54, wrote:
On Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:12:40 UTC, DerbyBorn wrote:
Daughter is trying to use WiFi instead of a wire travelling up the
stairs. What should she consider - and Extender that appears to
boost the signal

Extenders / boosters / repeaters boost the signal level, but because
they share the same frequency band as the 'hub thing' they halve the
speed.

Instead of a wire up the stairs, what about external ethernet cable
out through a window frame downstairs and back in upstairs? Or up to
the roof, into the loft, and an access point on the landing ceiling?

+1



Indeed !

What a lot of people miss is that there isn't much room in the 2.4 ISM
band and congestion is a big problem which does make for poor
performance more often than not..
--
Tony Sayer