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.

• 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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      • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can do that? I never tried, I assumed it wouldn’t make sense to hotspot 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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