WiFi extender for sky Q router
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A900ss

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3,314 posts

183 months

Thursday 26th March 2020
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As I’m at home for a while working and the weather is getting better, I want to get WiFi out to my garden. Any recommendations on a cheap mesh WiFi that works with Sky Q router?

I see cheap extenders that set up another network but ideally I’d like my devices to all use the same network rather than faffing about changing networks to get the strongest signal. I’ll probably only need one extender to get signal to the garden.

Thanks in advance.

megaphone

11,695 posts

282 months

Friday 27th March 2020
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You can usually change the SSID on an extender to match the SSID of your existing network.

Miltec

65 posts

185 months

Saturday 28th March 2020
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Hi A900ss
The problem with that type of extender is that it uses the same channel / frequencies as a normal client connecting to your wifi eating bandwidth required by clients.
There are more expensive solutions that have a separate wireless link outside of the wifi client channels.

Netgear Orbi is the on I have at home and it very good, I think the Google one works on the same basis (probably other makes as well)
Hope that helps,