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leaserlakeguy
Sep 10, 2015Aspirant
WiFi Extender - College Dorm
My daughter has a poor wifi signal in her college dorm room. To set up an extender do we need to have access to the router, or can we just plug it into an outlet and improve the signal?
leaserlakeguy
Sep 10, 2015Aspirant
OK, thanks... Any suggestions if we can't get direct access to the router?
nhann
Sep 10, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
You won't need physical access to the router.
The setup for the extender would require that it be in range of the router, so that it can extend to the room you would like.