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Best wifi extender

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milligan

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Jul 20, 2009
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I'm down in Mexico and my friends round the corner have wifi.

I've been looking at wifi extenders that I could plug into my macbook pro
and would hope to then be able to pick up their wifi connection from my house
rather than go round to them every day.

Does this work ok? And does anyone know which is the best one to buy?

Thanks
 
milligan said:
I'm down in Mexico and my friends round the corner have wifi.

I've been looking at wifi extenders that I could plug into my macbook pro
and would hope to then be able to pick up their wifi connection from my house
rather than go round to them every day.

Does this work ok? And does anyone know which is the best one to buy?

Thanks
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I don't know which one is "best" to buy but I can tell you I have a Linksys one and it doesn't work very well. It's fast but frequently locks up on me. By locks up I mean my network will just pause for several minutes and then start working again. Since I just hooked it up for the first time a few nights ago I haven't had a chance to mess with it much. Right now it's located in an area where my main access point still has about 75% strength. I'm going to attempt to move it at the far end of the house and see if that helps. I don't have the model number in front of me as I'm at work.

Mike
 
chill. said:
hey, i have the same problem. this is the device i've been looking at

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/

it has OSX support and engadget gave it a great review, the only thing putting me off is the price. i will probably splurge and get it though
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Not bad!

But this one has 802.11n built-in (that was Engadget's major problem with the one they reviewed) and it costs less! Also, this one is Made for Mac only!
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/12/21/bearextender-n3-boosts-your-macs-wifi-range-by-4x/
 
I'm wondering as to whether it'll work well with boot camp win 7. I'm tempted to pull the trigger, but i wish it was a bit more discreet so I can carry it around school without having to sacrifice space in my already packed suitcase.

Also curious of how it'll affect my battery life. I do need somethiing like this though for about 2 of my classes that hit the outer perimeter of the wifi range here at ucla
 
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