Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

John wrote:

Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

Fitting in a metal back-box at ankle-height doesn't sound ideal for
signal levels

Andy Burns wrote in news:gvjebhFd0c2U1
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John wrote:

Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

Fitting in a metal back-box at ankle-height doesn't sound ideal for
signal levels



My usual laptop use is about 2 metres from a socket.

On 02/10/2019 12:01, Andy Burns wrote:
John wrote:

Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

Fitting in a metal back-box at ankle-height doesn't sound ideal for
signal levels

They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you
have one that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin Brown expressed precisely :
They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you have one
that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

An old / spare router modem is much more useful, wired to a the main
router and usualy free.

On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:02:25 UTC+1, wrote:
Martin Brown expressed precisely :
They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you have one
that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

An old / spare router modem is much more useful, wired to a the main
router and usualy free.

Part of the problem would be having to have it wired, as that would mostly negate it's usefulness.

We all used to wire everything, nothing wrong with wire.
Brian

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On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:02:25 UTC+1,
wrote:
Martin Brown expressed precisely :
They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you
have one
that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

An old / spare router modem is much more useful, wired to a the main
router and usualy free.

Part of the problem would be having to have it wired, as that would mostly
negate it's usefulness.

whisky-dave brought next idea :
Part of the problem would be having to have it wired, as that would mostly
negate it's usefulness.

I think some can be used wirelessly, they just need power..

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On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:02:25 UTC+1,
wrote:
Martin Brown expressed precisely :
They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you
have one
that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

An old / spare router modem is much more useful, wired to a the main
router and usualy free.

Part of the problem would be having to have it wired, as that would mostly
negate it's usefulness.

No it does not when you want to have better wifi coverage
around the larger than normal house or multi story house
where a single router doesnt cover very well so you can use
your phone or tablet anywhere you like and in the garden etc.

On 02/10/2019 15:28, whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:02:25 UTC+1, wrote:
Martin Brown expressed precisely :
They work OK for projecting the signal into the room. More so if you have one
that accepts a wired internet feed and broadcasts that.

Simple minded plug and play Wifi extenders use up to half the available
bandwidth communicating with the base station.

An old / spare router modem is much more useful, wired to a the main
router and usualy free.

Part of the problem would be having to have it wired, as that would mostly negate it's usefulness.

Depends what you are trying to do. I wanted to have a new Wifi network
covering the parts of the house that the base station was weak in and so
did it by sharing and stealing some of the wired bandwidth for the TV.

Most Wifi extenders come configured to be almost plug and play network
rebroadcasters on the same channel(s) just needing a password and with a
simple web interface to set them up. Configuring a router to do this is
often possible but involves a lot of reconfiguration.

Ethernet over mains is OK if you only have a small number of remote
nodes that can be wired. It annoys RSGB members a bit.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

So this is over the wiring is it? Or is it just a booster by receiving on
one channel and transmitting on another. I thought these days the way to go
was the mesh protocol.
I'll spare you my rant on putting data on the mains to interfere with radio
signals this time.
Brian

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"John" wrote in message
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Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

On 02/10/2019 11:59, John wrote:
Seen in Aldi today - a double 13amp socket with charger USB and WiFi
Extender.
Could be useful.

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