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Sir Loin Steak

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Feb 2, 2009
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England
We need to boost the signal from the BT Broadband router.

A friend has suggested a Netgear signal increaser.

Is it difficult to set on up? Can it be used by the macbook and and iPhone 4?

The Netgear one on Amazon is around £45. Too much? Too little?

Ta.
 

Sir Loin Steak

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Feb 2, 2009
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England
Airport is a router?

If it is a booster, does it need to be connected with cables to our existing router ? (This would present some physical obstacles).
 

mooblie

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Apr 23, 2009
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The Highlands, Scotland
I have used an Edimax EW-7416 in several people houses to do this from a BT-HomeHub. Works very well - just set it up (with an Ethernet cable first) then disconnect the cable and move it to a place half-way between your BT-HH and the weakest place in your house you want to cover.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edimax-EW-7416APN-300Mbps-Wireless-Extender/dp/B001HW0JVU

Works well, cheap and powerful, but can be tricky to setup, although there is a Windows wizard.

If you're in South Oxfordshire, I do this for a living!
 

Sir Loin Steak

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Feb 2, 2009
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England
But the Netgear would do the same trick?

I only say this as if the sister in law has one, it might be helpful to have continuity so we can compare faults/setup issues.
 
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