I have a beach house which has a second house about 75 ft away. Would this penetrate walls, etc so I can get signal in the 2nd house? I am happy to use an extender as I have had one bar of signal previously in the closest room using an extender before. I have a beach house which has a second house about 75 ft away. Would this penetrate walls, etc so I can get signal in the 2nd house? I am happy to use an extender as I have had one bar of signal... » Read More I have a beach house which has a second house about 75 ft away. Would this penetrate walls, etc so I can get signal in the 2nd house? I am happy to use an extender as I have had one bar of signal previously in the closest room using an extender before. « Show Less
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I would think so. My Wireless unit is on the third floor of my house and I get a good signal in the basement.
1254206
The Amped Wireless has worked well for me I put it as close as possible to where my chapel and rental house are and both have good reception. After the signal leaves my house there is nothing between the two buildings.
1254207
Probably not. This thing is junk. Can barely get a signal in the next room.
1254208
Since WIFI signals are susceptible to many variables there is not certain way to determine if the signal will reach the other building. You have to consider the walls and obstacles as well. For what you are trying to do you might need an extender as well.
1254209
I returned the item, because it did not deliver the distance it promised. It was erratic. Some areas were, full bars and other areas had no bars. Do not recommend purchasing.
1102394
I doubt it I have added a Belkin range extender, mine is no more than 50ft from the end of house bedroom, admittedy the main router signal goes through some thick timber, but its in the middle of the house in the basement, and only sometimes gets a signal at the end of house bedroom upstairs.
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It seems your original question has been answered. Just wanted to mention that if you go with the range extender, make sure that somewhere in the room you place it gets decent signal strength. The extender needs to show 2 bars at least to make a decent connection, otherwise the WiFi it provides will be poor. Another option you may want to consider it the TP-Link TL-WPA4220Kit. It will provide for wired connections and also serve as a range extender, but not be limited to the range of your current WiFi signal.
2024375
That's a good question. I plugged mine in a center supporting wall in the middle of my house and I can get the signal in my neighbor's yard over 200 feet away!
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I use a JacobsPart wifi Router in a mobile home from my son's wifi about 300' away (I cannot even pick up FM radio without an outside antenna). I get 3 bars which equals good signal. It works great. Of course I am not on the computer that much, but it works aytime I connect. And his home has aluminum siding to pass thru also.
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In my experience it isn't any different from most other routers - decent signal at 50-70 feet. Beyond that it goes down. You might want to think about a Powerline network to get high bandwidth to the farther parts of your home. An example would be Linksys Powerline AV Wireless Network Extender (PLWK400)
179887
You need the range extender if there is anywhere you want to carry your phone that is not serviced by the signal. If you have metal siding on your house place it in a window where there's a good signal and it will more than double your range outside.
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Is does not matter. I recommend you place them as far apart from each other as possible in order to get more range. You should consider purchasing an extended cable.
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My guess is probably not. You have to be in an area where you can at least pull in some signal strength without it. If you can pull in one bar signal strength without it, the extender could boost it up to five bars. If you have zero bars, you're S.O.L.
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Yes, the range should be markedly better!! Position is everything, it only took twenty minutes to find the sweetspot, I have 11 computer systems in my home and all are full bar, it works better than any extender I have ever used, and I have used them all.
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I don't believe so. I had to go about 20 feet but through an external wall and could not get a signal. I wound up just hard-wiring the Extender, running a cable from the source to the extender. The other thing to note here is that I'm not sure I agree that it's an "extender"... it simply started another network. So... with an ethernet cable and any wireless router, you could do the same thing.
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Just yesterday my grandson noticed that he had signal 2 blocks away, driving away. There was a large brick building between us and the house. If you have lath and plaster walls, that might reduce your signal a bit. I'd guess it will work just fine.
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I have 5 handsets, one of which is located in a room that is at the far end of a second garage. The signal has to go through a brick wall in addition to another wall. So far I have had no loss of link with any of my 5 handsets. Sorry I have no solution to your problem.
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I'm using one that is 12.5 inches long. I can hit a 440 repeater 20 miles away from inside my house. I can also hit a 2 meter repeater 15 miles away. Although the reports are not full quieting, when I go outside the signal reports improve dramatically.
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Line of sight definately helps. You can set it up horizontal or vertical and get a little wiggle room with the signal. I've set up one at 3\4 of a mile and some trees and it gets 90% signal strength. The other is about 500 yards and gets 99% and it goes through a building external wall too.
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Hi Joseph,The range is better then 5' maybe 15 or so but if there is motion in the room between or behind the sending device it breaks the signal.
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FB: the distance is too far and the insulation in both house and garage will kill the signal, and weather will also affect it. They recommend the extender be within about 20' of the router. The only way it might work is if you got the strongest extender and put it in a window without a screen faceing the garage, and tried one of those long range wifi antennas for the computer i've seen advertised in some mags. If it works, it'll be cheaper than running cable that distance. good luck, Charlie c.