Does anyone run a wifi extender in their home and does it provide better streaming on the WDTV media player. I run 3 wdtv players via a NAS and the unit furtherest away from the router suffers serious lag, buffering issues. I am just wondering if a WIFI extender may fix this issue or am i wasting my money?
I was wondering the same thing.
They are quite expensive here (In South Africa) so I’d like to be sure before I buy one.
Its almost cheaper to replace my router with a higher powered one.
I tried replacing the router’s antenna, but It didn’t make much difference.
hudson44 wrote:
Does anyone run a wifi extender in their home and does it provide better streaming on the WDTV media player. I run 3 wdtv players via a NAS and the unit furtherest away from the router suffers serious lag, buffering issues. I am just wondering if a WIFI extender may fix this issue or am i wasting my money?
There aren’t “Higher Powered” routers.
Just about every manufacturer uses the maximum legal power on the radio interface. I’ve never seen one that doesn’t…
Does anyone run a wifi extender in their home and does it provide better streaming on the WDTV media player.
It didn’t for me when I recently tested a new extender in my home. In fact, it cut the bandwidth I was getting in half, and caused stutter.
Here is how I solved a weak signal in a problem area: I have a wired network, but sometimes we need wireless, so I have network switches at each wall outlet that enabled me to place a Linksys wireless AP halfway down to the problem area. The wireless problem improved on our previous G network.
I recently bought an ASUS RT-N66U dual-band gigabit router.that reviews said had a great wireless signal, besides all the other good things about it. It is a better router than the retired Linksys G router, and it has adjustable power, but it makes no sense to crank it to full power, because when one does that it barely puts out 3 more db of power. It is better to adjust the three antenna for optimal reception in a problem area. Using the free program, inSSIDer, I could see the wireless signal strength (at the location with a laptop) and adjust antennas accordingly.
So, put in an additional AP if you can, or get a better router as I did. BTW, our wireless AP has also been retired – we don’t need it now.
