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This message was authored by: Lornamsmith

Boost my wifi

Looking for internet signal to my garage conversion (so we can watch tv) would a sky booster work? Anyway I can tell before purchasing one? TIA

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This message was authored by: oldfella

Re: Boost my wifi

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@Lornamsmith wrote:

Looking for internet signal to my garage conversion (so we can watch tv) would a sky booster work? Anyway I can tell before purchasing one? TIA


Hi @Lornamsmith 

Booster wouldn't be much good I would think but don't know the layout or distance.

Best thing would be an Ethernet cable I suspect.

This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

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@Lornamsmith wrote:

Looking for internet signal to my garage conversion (so we can watch tv) would a sky booster work?


'Boosters' are intended to be located half-way between source (router) and client (wifi device): they cannot help much when close to one or the other.  In addition, a garage conversion will typically have foil-laminate foam insulation boards in its walls which do a reasonable impersonation of a Faraday cage.

As @oldfella indicates, a wired solution (ethernet cable or Powerline networking) is likely to be preferable.

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