What signals are boosted by a wireless extender?
I always think a wireless extender for my house (separate from the router) and I wonder if they even pick up and amplify signals from things like mobile phone masts, Wii remotes, radios or other wireless networks in the area of the booster. If the extender must have the same brand as the router does not work, or will expand it to all brands? It will also work with encrypted networks?
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It shouldn’t, even it might will it matter? As long as your computer picks up the correct signal… BTW the Wii Remotes are Bluetooth.
It works like any client you connect to your wireless network. The only difference is that it “repeats”. That means it echoes anything it receives automatically.
It only works with wireless networks. It connects then repeats that information out.
It should not need to be the same brand, but I cannot guarantee that.
Yes, you will put in your WEP key and then it will receive and broadcast with that encryption.
It won’t repeat anything other than the one network it’s programmed to. They don’t have to be the same brand as the router but that makes getting help easier – then you can call the one company instead of playing ring-around-the-phone to find a tech who’ll help you.
Basically, it picks up the wireless network it’s programmed to – just like your computer. Then, it re-broadcasts it just like you main router but from a different location. Some support full encryption, others don’t so read the box to make sure it supports both WEP and WPA-PSK.
The one draw-back is because it has to recieve and then re-transmit everything, it cuts the speed by half…but that’s not a problem for most people because internet is still the slowest link in the chain.
I have a Belkin WURE (Wireless Universal Range Extender) and it works well with all encryption but the directions were worthless so I had some trouble setting it up.