Wireless networking, aka wifi, revolutionised home computing. It’s the tech that enables you to walk from room to room with a phone or laptop, browsing the internet or updating Instagram without trailing a network cable behind you. It’s become so much a part of our lives that we really notice when it’s not present, which is why the best wifi extenders can be so indispensable.
Wifi extenders or boosters help avoid network dead spots in our homes. As wifi depends on a central hub (or router) to work, and the further you go away from the router the weaker the signal is, it’s possible to find areas hidden behind walls or doors into which the wifi signal doesn’t permeate strongly, causing your internet connection to fade away and perhaps drop altogether. This isn’t helped by the fact that newer versions of wifi, particularly 6E and 7, use a higher-frequency band for some of their signals that doesn’t penetrate brickwork as well as waves from lower down the spectrum.
