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Boosting wireless signal

Sep 8, 2015 2:11PM PDT

My daughter is in a dorm at college that provides campus wide secure wireless, but her room is situated so that the wireless signal is bad. Can I use a plug-in booster to help her strengthen signal? If not - are there any options?

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Rare. If there is a way
Sep 8, 2015 2:22PM PDT

Their IT and support will share what model to get. Many of these college WiFi systems lock out repeaters and extenders. I can't know what they allow.

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you can try
Sep 8, 2015 3:18PM PDT
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Wireless
Sep 10, 2015 1:45AM PDT

Hello,

A wireless repeater can improve the range of your Wi-Fi by bouncing - or repeating - the signal over a greater distance. They are not quite as effective as powerline adapters, but popular models like the Huawei Wi-Fi Repeater and the Netgear Universal WiFi Range Extender. They're easier to set up too - you simply position the repeater roughly halfway between your router and the room you want your Wi-Fi to reach.

I hope this would help you.
Have a nice day!