I need to boost my signal strength to a back bedroom Mac computer that doesn't seem to see signal at all. Will this work?
750986
Hard to say. I bought it to get a better signal to a bedroom and it does not seem to have made much if any difference. But it may depend on various factors. You may have better luck.
750987
I had a similar problem with poor signal strength in the front part of my house. The ZyXel 300 looked like a good solution. My son, an IT guy installed and configured it. It worked great for a few days. It still works, but has to be rebooted frequently, and has had to be reconfigured several times. I can't say that I would recommend it.
750988
That's pretty much the exact reason I bought this product. My recommendation is to NOT buy this product. It's a pain in the A to set up and ultimately isn't worth your time. I ended up getting a full refund because I couldn't take more time off work to come home and call their customer service to help me set up anymore (I got a defective product). There's NO chance you could set this up on your own, you have to call them. I would look elsewhere. Good luck!
452991
Thanks. I'll try. Both my laptop and my computer have active little lights that seem to indicate they are sending or receiving signals. I gather that means a router would be sufficient if I understand K. Slon.
660804
I have owned 2 macs and they both worked fine with my netgear router. It'll detect your network just like any other wifi device should.
390
I've had the 100' cable working for probably close to a year now. It has never failed to work. Make sure you haven't reversed the cable recently since it will only boost signal in one direction.
1001167
I was able to get a signal to my desktop computer out in the garage, which is detached from my house. the wireless router was probably 75 feet from the garage and through a few walls. signal was medium, not great not terrible. if you can get one of the antennas outside, it would greatly improve the chance of a good signal. no promises. Good luck.
1254207
Probably not. This thing is junk. Can barely get a signal in the next room.
1052945
Yes. all this does is pass through whatever signal is put through it. No reason it shouldn't work.
1104287
Yes, this will help if you have a low signal level getting to your modem. If you don't have too low a signal level then it will do nothing useful. In other words if your signal is lower than about (negative) -13dBmV this may help. If it's higher it won't.
967658
No...it will not pick up and boost the signal. I am only 3 miles from the tower with a small ridge between us and it won't boost the signal.
1968569
Sorry, don't know. My unit is off and stached away. I tried 2 different units, and it works as long as you don't move your computer. Move it by a couple of feet and latency increase and speed drops in spite of a full bar signal. I don't recommend it.
1856843
Sorry, I don't try to use Mac, but honestly I don't recommend this item since I have general connection issue dependent on channel and router.
1307359
I do not own a Mac, so I guess I can't make any promises. However, wifi in general is a fairly stable standard. In other words, I'd be really surprised if this didn't work with any Mac. I have had a guest with a Macbook Pro connect to it without issue. I don't mean to offend you, but if you are asking a question like this I'm concerned that you don't know what you are looking at. This is an "Access Point" and not a "router". If you don't know the difference between the two, you're probably looking for a "router"...
579118
It will strengthen the signal that you are distributing through you house. I do not know how well it will work in your situation, but it should make marginal signals better..
1623645
I would go with the more expensive boosters for basement applications. I am on the first floor and have it mounted to the top of a window next to my desk. Signal strength goes from one bar to four most of the time. They have a unit that is mounted to the roof and boosts the signal for everywhere in the house. It was about $150 last time I checked, and it was well rated.
676453
I don't know for sure. It doesn't work with any computers that ask for signal converter.
1156427
you can try it, it should, I have a phillips TV that I hooked my computer up to and it works on that but that is because my computer is picking up the signal....
1520110
By itself, no. It merely boosts signal range. You'll want to get a wifi card or USB wifi stick to plug into a USB port if you don't have built in wireless internet.