Comment on What WiFi relay system can I host at home?

Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• adam@lemmy.adambowl.es ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Signal’s not good enough and I want something more permanent than hotspotting my phone every day

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  • sapient_cogbag@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A lot of phones can relay to wifi they are connected to, rather than just using phone signal. That is, instead of using mobile data to provide internet, it forwards connections through the wifi the phone is connected to, essentially acting as a mini router :)

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  • Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Get an old phone or a cheap one and let it sit in your flat all the time plugged into the wall. Some slightly oder phone with a worn out battery from ebay or something. You can even amplify the signal from that phone via repeater or something

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    • adam@lemmy.adambowl.es ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Doesn’t fix the poor signal I get in my region 🙁

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      • Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Aaah, I get where the misunderstanding is coming from. Smartphones can often relay Wifi as well. Mine (Xiaomi, had the same thing with Samsung and Huawei though) will stay connected to the wifi it's on and open up a hotspot.

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