If you’re not quite ready to upgrade to one of the best mesh Wi-Fi systems, a simple Wi-Fi extender could do the trick if you want to get rid of a particular Wi-Fi dead zone in your home.
Unlike an extender, which you can add to an existing Wi-Fi network, mesh systems are typically complete replacements for your Wi-Fi system. You can use them in tandem with your current router, but ...
If you regularly experience slow connections in one or two rooms in your house — say, the back addition or an upstairs room farthest from the downstairs router — a Wi-Fi extender may help you ...
Repeating the entire Wi-Fi signal is inefficient—that extender merely listens to every packet and rebroadcasts it. There's no internal logic that sends packets to the right path. Plus ...