It doesn\u2019t seem\nlike all that long ago that I purchased an EDIMAX repeater to fill in\nthe gaps in my home wifi network. This solution did seem to work out\nfor me, which actually means me and my laptop, over time it did not\nprove to be the best solution for the rest of the family. Everyone\nelse, actually uses other types of equipment such as smart phones,\ntablets and ipad and they were uniformly less happy. During the\nintervening months I had to turn the repeater off and on again as\nwell as to use the following rational to quell unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n
It works for me. I am also using wifi so it must be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n
I don\u2019t want to imply that a ultimatum from my spouse is all that it takes to cause a revolution but the device stopped working for me as well so it needed to be replaced. The question is do I want or need to get a different solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Powerline extender<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This solution\nconnects your router to your power wires. It is then possible to\nplug another device in to a socket in another room and use the\ninternet from there. There is a limit to the number of devices you\ncan use but the technology doesn\u2019t always have the throughput that\nis advertised. This might not be a fault of the technology but my\nexperience in old old apartment buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wifi repeater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This solution picks\nup the existing wifi network and then transmits a boosted signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A bridge is used to\nconnect two separate network segments together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want the new\ndevice to work longer than the previous one and I want it to make all\nof the \u201chard to please\u201d members of the family fully satisfied, so\nI have splashed out and purchased a new Fritz!Repeater3000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t purchase this device because I knew with certainty the best one on the market but rather because it looked pretty good, had good reviews and I already owned a Fritzbox 7590 router. It was an odd coincidence but the day I was shopping for a solution I met someone who works for TP Link at the store and he was trying to convince me to purchase their solution. Despite being fairly well convinced I went with the more boring solution of all devices from a single vendor. Who wants a couple of devices and a problem and the difficulty of proving where the problem actually lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The biggest decision\nwas how exactly should I configure my device. The Repeater3000\nactually supported three different modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just want to extend the network into the living-room so I set this up as a repeater. Before I could begin I did need to make sure that my firmware for the router was updated to 7.12. There were a couple of setup methods but I did take a rather less traditional approach (for me) and used the wps button on the router. The repeater and the router were joined without any fanfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the repeater was setup it worked just fine. The specifications are also pretty impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot say if this solution will make everyone happy but over the last few weeks I have only happy family members who. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It doesn\u2019t seem like all that long ago that I purchased an EDIMAX repeater to fill in the gaps in my home wifi network. This solution did seem to work out for me, which actually means me and my laptop, … Continue reading Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n