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Extender for Nighthawk RS300
I am trying to connect to a smart lock in a building nearby, but the signal isnʻt strong enough to properly operate the locks. Just barely the bottom level of the wifi arcs. Is there an extender mig...
Its only 50ft? Thats not that far. Its probably more an issue of the wifi being blocked by exterior walls. They tend to be made from materials that block wifi to a better degree like cement board, metal siding, etc.
Whats the exteior of the home and the nearby building made from?
lock is on wooden door. House is single wall wood construction. Then the building with the router is across open lawn in another building with wood wall and also some concrete block wall. I asked Chatgpt about CMU walls, it said "
- Frequency — 2.4 GHz penetrates better than 5 GHz (longer wavelength → less interaction with small features).
- Nevertheless that CMU were a factor, so Iʻll check on that.
