Comment on Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know if I put a wifi extender in the shed (according to the drawing) will the signal reach the office? Thanks for any help.

wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Literally nothing else helps. That distance could be void or filled with lead blocks.

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• ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s good, not excellent, does it mean with the extender the signal in the office will be good or just weak?

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  • elmicha@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can put your phone in hotspot mode and place it where the extender should go, then see how good the signal in the office is.

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    • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a good idea but unfortunately i have terrible cell reception and my mobile is useless without wifi.

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      • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can set up a mobile Hotspot without phone reception. The Hotspot won’t have any working internet connection, but you will still be able to judge the signal strength, and even measure the speed using iperf

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      • p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So hotspot the wifi? 

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  • lemmylommy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably a bit better than your phone, depending on models (phone, extender, router), of course. At least in theory repeaters can have better antennas and more power to spare.

    If you can put a network cable though at least one of the walls you might as well just put an outdoor AP (main building) or WiFi bridge (shed) there. That way the signals only have to go through one wall.

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it will partially depend on the model of extender you bought.

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