[see.lai]

I didn't know if I should put this here or in the mobile section but, here goes.

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2 weeks ago, I bought 2 WiFi extenders and put them around the house. Apparently these things make the WiFi signals stronger around the house. Now, I have noticed some problems.

1. When I have these plugged in, my computer or my brother's laptop cannot load any webpages, yet we are connected to the internet. It's weird because his other laptop loads while one doesn't.
- I have tried ipconfig /renew in "cmd" and I noticed that it fixes it temporarily (a good 10-15 minutes?). Then it goes back to "resolving host" as it tries to load webpages.
- After I unplugged the extenders, my internet was 100% fine again. Weird

2. With these extenders plugged in, my WiFi signal connects and disconnects quite often on my phone. This obviously shouldn't happen..

Fast-forward to today, I called Shaw and they told me that they can't really fix anything to make the signal better. I have looked online and it said something about computers having the same DNS or IP and that is what causes it to malfunction?

However, they told me that my WiFi extenders are out of date by 8 years and I should use the newer "Power-Line extenders". Apparently, the signal is stronger because the whole household is using the electricity in the house as a signal or something?


I want to know, if anybody have had any problems with WiFi extenders before. Should I return this product and buy a "power-line" extender?

pls respond