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Horizon Box & WIFI Extender?

  • 30-08-2014 8:00am
    #1
    Charlie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    My friend has a horizon box, and is having difficulty with the wifi signal reaching all of her house. From reading up, the WIFI signal on these boxes seems to be poor.

    Can anyone advise if a bog standard wifi repeater/extender like this one would work with a UPC Horizon box?


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  • #2
    Wabbit Ears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    You can get similar from DX.com or folcalprice etc, They take the existing signal and repeat it. There increase range but not wifi quality.

    Another alternative is Powerline wifi extenders http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1168680/Trail/searchtext%3EPOWERLINE.htm

    This is probably a better option, though more expensive, as it takes the really reliable ethernet connection and extends that to a wifi access point wherever in the house you want it.


  • #3
    Peppa Pig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Peppa Pig


    I have a bog standard one which worked fine with the horizon before I got the additional modem. The repeater had a much better range than the horizon box.
    With the additional router and the extender there is strong wifi in the house and at the bottom of the garden (about 10 yards)


  • #4
    towger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭towger


    Slightly off topic, but I also have Horizon and also keep an old router running with a seperate SSID ( for the kids that I can switch off without impacting myself on the main SSID ). Is there any extender that can work with two networks simultaneously ?


  • #5
    Wabbit Ears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    AFAIK the repeaters will extend any signal its comes accross so thats prob a good option.


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