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Wi-Fi booster/extender options question
Once again I'm turning to the brain trust.
While the guy who built this house was a gadget nut, there are only two phone jacks, one on each end of the house, both on the main floor. We have 2 phones, 2 iPads, and 2 laptops that roam all over the house - 3 floors and up to 120 feet away from either of the phone jacks. We also have 2 TVs that we stream movies on, one is on the main floor and one is in the basement. The only internet connectivity available out here in the sticks is DSL running at a nominal 20mbps. Actual speed at a WiFi device 11-17mbps.
So, I need to boost the WiFi signal. There are a dozen or so devices that will do it, but they all broadcast on a different channel than the main router. Does this mean if we got a WiFi extender we would have to change networks as we move from one end of the house to the other? Seems like a pain.
Any other solutions, short of a $300 mesh network?
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