Eli5: how a wifi extender works.

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I don’t think I’m using mine right.

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>I don’t think I’m using mine right.

It’s just like a switch, only for wireless signals. It re-broadcasts the network data it receives.
If there is a place with excellent reception and a place with next to no reception then the extender is traditionally placed on the **half-way point** between those places.
It can’t be placed at the point of excellent reception because then it would serve no purpose and it can’t be placed at the point of shitty reception because it obviously only can re-broadcast the signal it receives and thus won’t be able to do anything.

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