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Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know if I put a wifi extender in the shed (according to the drawing) will the signal reach the office? Thanks for any help. (lemmy.ca)
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[–] elmicha@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You can put your phone in hotspot mode and place it where the extender should go, then see how good the signal in the office is.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That's a good idea but unfortunately i have terrible cell reception and my mobile is useless without wifi.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

You can set up a mobile Hotspot without phone reception. The Hotspot won't have any working internet connection, but you will still be able to judge the signal strength, and even measure the speed using iperf

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So hotspot the wifi? 

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I can do that? I never tried, I assumed it wouldn't make sense to hotspot wifi.

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

You can at least on android and I thought ios too now but idk