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Katmandu
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Mar 08, 2017
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WiFi Adapters Antennas for Tablets or Phones to Extend Range ?

I work in a large hospital that has Public WiFi hotspots in limited areas.   There is an area where we want to access a signal off one of these hotspots. The area has no or very weak signal right n...
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    JamesGL
    Mar 23, 2017

    Hi Katmandu,

     

    Wireless extenders are like wireless clients that connects to any wireless networks and extends the signal. The extenders has admin page to configure the connection between the main router and the extender and configure the wireless settings to extend it. Just make sure that the public wifi does not ask for Authentication credentials like username and password since no option on the extender to input it. A simple network that only asks for wireless password will the extender works. The location of the extender should be an area with 50% or more signal strength to get the best performance.