Electronics

[GingerHead]

@SilleeMee 

    Also, wanted to let you know that I received my retinA from Alldaychemist today!

Everything worked out without a hitch...Thanks again for all your help in ordering from them!

[SilleeMee]

You're welcome @GingerHead . 

[gadgetgal613]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Thought I would get a better signal in my bedroom where it's far from my router so I bought an extender. 

Plugged it into the wall, turned it on and then the written instructions said to connect it to my home network by registering my router on their network so that I can get the thing to connect to my network....NO! I sent it back. 

Macard is the brand on Amazon. Can't believe people gave it such good reviews.

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You didn't set it up correctly.  You must connect the extender to your router which includes the router's name and password.  FYI, never have a router in the basement. 

[BirkiLady]

@gadgetgal613 

My router has always been in the family room on the lower level which is an open concept. It works throughout the entire home of three floors perfectly. Perhaps with open stairs like mine, it can be done!  

[gadgetgal613]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

@gadgetgal613 

My router has always been in the family room on the lower level which is an open concept. It works throughout the entire home of three floors perfectly. Perhaps with open stairs like mine, it can be done!  

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Just because you've always done something doesn't make it right or the best option.  Routers, especially wireless routers, should be in the center of the house or as close to center as possible.  The more walls and floors the signal must travel through, the weaker the signal. 

[SilleeMee]

I bought another extender and got it to work. The brand is TP-Link and it was less expensive than the other one (Macard) I returned. Finally got a better signal in the far bedroom where my TV kept losing connection. Now it's fine.

[Ainhisg]

@SilleeMee TP-Link Kasa is the bee's knees.  We use that brand exclusively for all our smart home devices.  We have plugs, switches, an outdoor plug, and our mesh router system is that brand.  The set-up and app are so easy to do/use, and they all work flawlessly through the app or through our Google listening devices.  Glad you found something to work!

[Boehm Collector]

@SilleeMee  .. I've tried to set up two different extenders but could never get them to work.  So I had to return both,  

[Boehm Collector]

@SilleeMee    is this the one you got:

[BirkiLady]

@gadgetgal613 

It IS located in the center of the house and the signals travel up through open stairwells to all three floors (if you read my post you would have understood that). It works beautifully, TYVM.