Can this be used as a battery powered wifi extender/repeater?? I need to put an all wireless device between wifi source and my laptop. I would need this device to pick up a somewhat weak signal and boost to where I am located. No ac outlet or Ethernet cable use would be possible to the device. Can this be used as a battery powered wifi extender/repeater?? I need to put an all wireless device between wifi source and my laptop. I would need this device to pick up a somewhat weak signal... » Read More Can this be used as a battery powered wifi extender/repeater?? I need to put an all wireless device between wifi source and my laptop. I would need this device to pick up a somewhat weak signal and boost to where I am located. No ac outlet or Ethernet cable use would be possible to the device. « Show Less
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The unit needs a Ethernet connection. Battery source is for powering the Wi fi unit and your tablet/phablet 5VDC
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Yes it will do what you want only problem if you go to multiple locations you would always have to enter the web interface to change the wireless access information, other than that it is basically great for what you need it to do. I did email the developer to upgrade the firmware so that it could store multiple ssid to auto connect to whatever is in range so far no reply.
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Yes, it works pretty well. As long as it's your network and/or your have the password.
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It can work as a repeater no problem without any power supply. It has a long lasting battery. I used it last week in a hotel exactly like that, with a room with a weak signal and it worked the treat. Other advantage, all your devices can connect to it, with the wifi only allocating one IP address to the device. So it is quicker to get all your devices up and running, and also you can connect more devices than some hotels allow...
360393
I would look into getting a power over Ethernet setup, these wireless range extenders don't work very well
2047780
You can use this router as a wireless access point. I have one of these routers connected to my main router in wireless repeater mode to get stronger signal in another part of my house. I also have three computers connected to the same wireless repeater via Ethernet so that I do not have to have wireless adapters for each of them to connect to my wireless network.
1600115
This will not work as WIFI. It is like extending your hard wired cable without wires through your home wiring. It does however work amazingly well just like being connected at the source.
2128161
I am using this device as a wireless lan extender and it is working out just fine. I do not know if it functions as well as a wireless access point without a wireless router in place.
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I just picked this up august 2015. It CAN be used as a wired WAC (wireless access point). When u do the setup wizard it gives you the option set up as a wifi-extender or a wireless access point.
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I'm using mine to extend my wireless network. I have a Verizon FIOS (CISCO) cable modem/wireless router. My AE1000 is plugged into a computer about 20 feet away from that router. Works great.
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This device will pickup any wifi signal (hotel,airport, home wifi). You don't need to plug in your router in this device because this device itself can act as a router/repeater. Please download the product brochure to see various ways this device can be used.Also you will need to plug it in power outlet to use it and also need some laptop/tablet to set it up. Hope that helps.
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I'm not sure I understand but if you mean in your yard, then yes. I have unplugged it from one area of our house and plugged it in an outlet out back and we still had wifi on our iphones. Your extender just has to be near enough to your original source of wifi to pick it up. Your other devices have to be near enough to your extender. I don't think this is for driving around in a car though. You have to plug the extender somewhere where it can still pick up your original signal.
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The short answer is "No." The extender is to be placed at the outer limit of the coverage range of the wireless router. The link between the two is more easily completed if they are close together during the setup, but then in order to extend the range, they must be placed at an effective distance from each other and still be connected wirelessly.
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You can use it for either. If you use it as a 'repeater' it shows up the exact same way as it would if you were hooking up to your existing WiFi network. If you use it as a 'bridge' it uses your existing WiFi to create a new WiFi network. Both ways work fine.
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This Amped Wireless High Power Router is not a repeater, for the distance you have I am highly recommend the Amped Wireless High Power Extender to strengthen the WIFI signal from your router.
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Yes. I have my wireless router in another room from my office where I have my desktop computer. I placed the range extender in the office and connected it to my computer with an Ethernet cable. So effectively it is being used as an access point. In my situation, the WD range extender connects through a wireless connection with my WiFi router in the other room. If you have an older router that does not have wireless capability, you can plug an Ethernet cable between the non-wireless router and the WD range extender. Then your computer can access the Internet via the WD range extender wirelessly. Just a couple of applications. This device is very reasonably priced and versatile. Yes. I have my wireless router in another room from my office where I have my desktop computer. I placed the range extender in the office and connected it to my computer with an Ethernet cable. So effectively it is being used as an access point. In my situation, the WD range extender connects through a wireless connection with my WiFi router in the other room. If you have an older router that does not have wireless capability, you can plug an Ethernet cable between the non-wireless router and the WD range extender. Then your computer can access the Internet via the WD range extender... » Read More Yes. I have my wireless router in another room from my office where I have my desktop computer. I placed the range extender in the office and connected it to my computer with an Ethernet cable. So effectively it is being used as an access point. In my situation, the WD range extender connects through a wireless connection with my WiFi router in the other room. If you have an older router that does not have wireless capability, you can plug an Ethernet cable between the non-wireless router and the WD range extender. Then your computer can access the Internet via the WD range extender wirelessly. Just a couple of applications. This device is very reasonably priced and versatile. « Show Less
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What it does is place your internet signal on the electrical lines in your place. The remote plug has an ethernet connection which you can connect directly to an ethernet port on a device. There is nothing preventing that "ethernet device" from being another Wi-Fi Access Point. Connect that ethernet cable from the remote plug to a Wireless Access Point's WAN (incoming) port and that should work as an extender. Granted you would have to buy and configure a 2nd Wireless Adapter... You might consider something like Hootoo HT-WR01.
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This device connects via usb port on yr pc. It doesnt connect via Ethernet if thats what ur asking. One option of having Power over internet use is buy using an Alfa r36 wifi repeart/Router : Alfa R36 802.11 b/g/N Repeater and Range Extender for AWUS036H " which could be gotten here. With this device you could use ethernet aswell.
1076153
This unit is a wifi router. It works with wifi incoming or ethernet cable. It creates your own network like a wifi router at home. It may have better wifi reception than your laptop. You can buy a more powerfull antena . If you have the option to mount it between your computers location and the wifi signal it will work as a repeater to piggyback off of.
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No. This product is not a range extender. It is used to convert a computer without the AC protocol to AC. The problem is probably with your router