Aldi WiFi extender

[David]

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-27th-march/product-detail/ps/p/wireless-wi-fi-extender/?pk_campaign=uk_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-03-24_12-44

Regards
David

[Syke]

I have a Netgear DG834GUK router but it doesn't have a WPS button. Does
anybody know if it would work with this Aldi extender?

Regards and thanks in advance,

Syke





On 24/03/2014 17:37, David wrote:
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-27th-march/product-detail/ps/p/wireless-wi-fi-extender/?pk_campaign=uk_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-03-24_12-44
>
>
> Regards
> David

[Chris Davies]

Syke <h.mac...@cruivevirgin.net> wrote:
> I have a Netgear DG834GUK router but it doesn't have a WPS button. Does
> anybody know if it would work with this Aldi extender?

I don't know the answer to your question. However, in my experience Aldi
is very good about accepting returns. (It may be worth looking for the
manager to ask if it's possible to buy'n'try with a return if it doesn't
work. I tend to do this for "specials".)

Also, AFAIK it'll end up halving the throughput of your wireless network
as it receives and rebroadcasts traffic.

Chris

[Jim]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:37:00 -0000, "David" <dnp...@tesco.net> wrote:

>https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-27th-march/product-detail/ps/p/wireless-wi-fi-extender/?pk_campaign=uk_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-03-24_12-44

These do work, but sometimes confuse our tablets
because they can't always work out whether to connect
to the modem channel or the extender channel. A restart
usually fixes it.

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[Jim]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:48:52 +0000, Syke <h.mac...@CRUIVEvirgin.net>
wrote:

>I have a Netgear DG834GUK router but it doesn't have a WPS button. Does
>anybody know if it would work with this Aldi extender?

Almost certainly. Mine works with both my main
TP-Link modem and the standby Belkin.

It has an ethernet port through which you can set
it up by connecting it to your DG834 via a computer.

Only thing to be aware of is that, if connected
devices can receive both the modem channel and the
extender channel, they can become confused and won't
connect. A restart usually solves this.

[Ian Jackson]

In message <2rq3j994mcllqbqsg...@4ax.com>, Jim
<Che...@hotmail.com> writes

>On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:48:52 +0000, Syke <h.mac...@CRUIVEvirgin.net>
>wrote:
>
>>I have a Netgear DG834GUK router but it doesn't have a WPS button. Does
>>anybody know if it would work with this Aldi extender?
>
> Almost certainly. Mine works with both my main
>TP-Link modem and the standby Belkin.
>
> It has an ethernet port through which you can set
>it up by connecting it to your DG834 via a computer.
>
> Only thing to be aware of is that, if connected
>devices can receive both the modem channel and the
>extender channel, they can become confused and won't
>connect. A restart usually solves this.
>

Aren't they both the same channel? I thought that the extender was a
'parrot', ie it received on one channel, stored the data it received,
then re-transmitted the received data on the same channel. However, I
can see that if the connected device was receiving both the direct and
the re-transmitted data, it could get confused.
--
Ian

[Peter Crosland]

On 24/03/2014 17:37, David wrote:
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-27th-march/product-detail/ps/p/wireless-wi-fi-extender/?pk_campaign=uk_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2014-03-24_12-44

Much the same is available on eBay for around half the price. For example
item 161225914735

No connection with seller.

--
Peter Crosland

[Jim]

No, they use two channels, half speed
on each. Mine uses 12 and 8.