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Deadeye10
Jan 19, 2017Aspirant
Syncing up two Netgear extenders
I have a shop that is about 80 feet away from my house. I have a laptop that I use at the shop. In the closest corner of the house to the shop, I have a range extender. The signal is marginal to the ...
- Jan 27, 2017
Thank you for the response. The extender I have in place now is in the corner of my house and it is about 80 feet from my shop where the laptop is. It works reasonable well although the signal is not very consistent. Based on what you have said, I guess I will look into hardwiring a cable from the house to the shop. Again, thanks for the input.
Deadeye10
Jan 22, 2017Aspirant
Just bumping this up in the hope that someone can help me or point me in the right direction.
Thank you.
- DarrenMJan 24, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello Deadeye10
Not sure if a wireless extender will help you because that extender will get the same wifi signal that your laptop will get you want to place extenders in the middle of where your connection is and where you want to connect to boost the signal.
DarrenM
- Deadeye10Jan 27, 2017Aspirant
Thank you for the response. The extender I have in place now is in the corner of my house and it is about 80 feet from my shop where the laptop is. It works reasonable well although the signal is not very consistent. Based on what you have said, I guess I will look into hardwiring a cable from the house to the shop. Again, thanks for the input.