My sky q box tried to pick up wifi from my garage router 20 metres away on the same network instead of the main router 4 metres away.
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Sky box loosing connection issue?
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And they affect your neighbours WiFi as well.Wi-Fi repeaters (range extenders) do indeed improve the coverage of Wi-Fi. What is less well known is that there's a speed penalty when running the range extender in Wi-Fi mode. Catching the router's Wi-Fi signal the rebroadcasting it has a speed penalty. It halves whatever Wi-Fi connection speed your router can provide. This might not matter if all you're doing is watching a bit of BBC iPlayer or ITV X. However, if you have a house full of wirelessly connected devices in regular use then you might want to consider a wired connection.
TLR - no, a wireless repeater isn't as good as a piece of Ethernet cable. You'll lose half your transmission speed going via an extender.
We have a battle with our neighbours over who has the most powerful WiFi - it's that bad it's one of the reasons we are moving.
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