Wi Fi Range Extenders

These are hit or miss. Be sure the extender is halfway from router to final destination.

I prefer powerline units but as you can guess, there are caveats there. Advice? Check return policies.

Example at http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-Wi-Fi-Extender-TPL-410APK/dp/B00I6EY1JI
Bob

If you have "screw-in" or attachable antennas, replace them with longer ones that attenuate the signal better. Repeater or signal boosters may help but remember sometimes a known bad area could be due to a physical obstruction being present, you need to see what that is, if any. As Robert explained some better coverage may boi ldown to finding something that just works better even and alas you know only that because you tried it. I found "name brand" products and if possible keep in the same product line(Version offers what?) in order to reduce introduced incompatibility long those lines works better.

tada -----Willy

My brother had same problem living in a concrete apartment building. Bought a Linksys range extender for ~$60 at BBuy(good return policy!). Installation was simple (once I followed the directions). The device had a light that told me there was a good router signal in the hallway where I was going to plug it into the wall outlet. Then went to room where router was to establish the link(don't skip doing this). Finally went out to hallway and plugged it in. Worked like a charm.

not sure what the standard verizon router is but if it is separate from the modem, you can always move the router closer to the center of the house and to a higher location. It does not have to be in the same room. That is what I did to get a better signal in all corners of my apartment. Modem is in one room and the router is in another.

Depending how your house is constructed, it may be possible to run a CAT V/VI cable through to the southeast corner, maybe your skirting boards have cable run slots in them or perhaps run up to the roof space and down again, then if you want WiFi access at the remote end, just use an access point device. A cable would be your fastest link solution.

If you can't get a cable through, Then Bob's suggestion is the next best. One note though, I've found that power line adaptors work best is they are on the same ring main. My house has two separate rings off the consumer unit, so the signal has to run back there and out again and I do get some interference on occasion.

If neither of these work for you, then the range extender is your option. As has been mentioned earlier, if you can get the same brand as the router inside your Verizon box, that will give you the best chance of success. And has also been suggested, the conventional location for the extender is midway between the router and the extended destination. However, there are situations where other locations are more effective. The most likely cause of your poor SE signal is something (a brick wall, a kitchen or some other electrical device) in the direct path from your router. Suppose you had say a 20 metre hallway in line of sight from your router and then a 5 metre hallway at right angles the SE corner. in this scenario, the best place for extender is in the apex of the corner where the two hallways meet.

Final thought, what waveband are you using? Some routers offer both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, in which case the first choice might be the 5 GHz band, since that would be free of interference from microwave ovens and cordless phones etc. Except that the 5 GHz signal is notoriously bad at passing through brick walls and other obstructions. So in some cases, the lower 2,4 GHz band may be a better choice. I don't live in the USA, so I know nothing of Verizon routers but it might be worth investigating.

Hours of fun ahead!

transmission and reception. If you can't boost transmission, then increase the power of reception. I've used one of these and it's amazing how many more signals in my area it can identify as active, so definitely increased the reception.

http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-300Mbps-Wireless-Antennas-Computer/dp/B006JWMOOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432434353&sr=8-1&keywords=etek+wifi

In addition to my daughter's Windows computer, it also worked "out of the box" on my Linux Mint 17 without any needing to add anything more to the Linux system.