Home wi-fi range extender.

[chrisgtx]

Can any of you tech minded people recommend a home wi fi extender?
I only live in a small brick bungalow with sky wi fi. I used to have a BT range extender (plug in type) which I used in the kitchen so I could use a Bose sound touch 20. It was forever dropping out as well. It’s annoying the Bose isn't DAB compatible but that’s another thing.
I’m on a budget as well, it won’t be used for gaming or anything just phone browsing.

[toasty]

I use one of these. Nice and easy to set up and does what it's supposed to.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA8033PKIT-Gig...

[Shiv_P]

If I were you I would spend the money on a good WiFi router instead of extenders. Extenders are only as good as the supply signal. A good router will sort you out

[RicksAlfas]

I've got one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013SYHHI2/ref...

Works well, very easy to setup.

I read that some of these gadgets use a different wifi name meaning your device moves from Sky1 to Sky_1 as it goes in and out of range. This one stays with the same name wherever you are.

[chrisgtx]

Shiv_P said:

If I were you I would spend the money on a good WiFi router instead of extenders. Extenders are only as good as the supply signal. A good router will sort you out

I’m that clueless I don’t know the difference between a router and extender. I thought the router is the sky wi fi box.

[RicksAlfas]

chrisgtx said:

I’m that clueless I don’t know the difference between a router and extender. I thought the router is the sky wi fi box.

It is.
You can either replace the Sky supplied router with a better one with more oomph, or carry on as you are and add an extender. I did the latter.

Incidentally I swapped from an old Sky square rooter to a new "Q" flat router and the wifi was much better on my old square one.

[Shiv_P]

chrisgtx said:

Shiv_P said:

If I were you I would spend the money on a good WiFi router instead of extenders. Extenders are only as good as the supply signal. A good router will sort you out

I’m that clueless I don’t know the difference between a router and extender. I thought the router is the sky wi fi box.

Might be easier to set up an extender then

[Shnozz]

chrisgtx said:

Shiv_P said:

If I were you I would spend the money on a good WiFi router instead of extenders. Extenders are only as good as the supply signal. A good router will sort you out

I’m that clueless I don’t know the difference between a router and extender. I thought the router is the sky wi fi box.

Same here. And whenever people mention swapping the router from the one supplied by my internet provider it scares the hell out of me as to how to get the settings right for it to work!

Oh to be clued up on IT, it would make life a whole lot easier.

[DoctorX]

I’ve got these. Can’t fault them, work far better than extenders in my house. No need to fiddle with the router, set up in minutes via my phone.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-seamless-connection-ev...

[sgrimshaw]

RicksAlfas said:

You can either replace the Sky supplied router with a better one with more oomph

Whilst that is easier than it used to be, you can't just use any router with Sky.

The router needs to support DHCP Option 61 (MER).

[RicksAlfas]

sgrimshaw said:

Whilst that is easier than it used to be, you can't just use any router with Sky.

The router needs to support DHCP Option 61 (MER).

You see, this is exactly why I went for a one button range extender!