I’m studying with Open University for my degree, which means I spend a lot of time online. I’m lucky as my broadband is fast and my Wi-Fi signal is stable in the house; but on a nice day it’s lovely to be able to study outside. The end of my garden is sunny and I have a nice patio set there, but sadly the signal from my router won’t reach that far, hence me buying this to try.

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There are so many Wi-Fi extenders / amplifiers / repeaters on the on the market and the technical specifications are like a foreign language to me. But I’ve always been pleased with Aukey products so I was hopeful that this would do the trick and be simple to set up. Luckily for me it excelled on both counts.

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The extender was much smaller than I expected, pretty much the same size as a normal plug; but with the 4 antennas coming out the top and was white, so it didn’t stand out when it was plugged in, which for me is a good thing.

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It came with really clear instructions and also a white LAN cable (so much nicer than the bright yellow ones that my ISP provides). Setting it up was a doddle, I put the switch on repeater mode, plugged in into the power point nearest the garden and furthest from my main router; held in the WPS button for 6 seconds, then ran into the lounge and pressed the WPS button on my router for 3 seconds and by the time I’d returned to my laptop which I’d left near the extender/repeater the connection was shown on my laptop. Initially I was a bit concerned as it was shown as an open / unsecured network, but after following the very clear and simple instructions it was secured within 2 minutes with the same settings as my main router. I’m not sure if I was more impressed with me or the extender, the whole process was so simple and painless.

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I subsequently went out to the garden, sat at the table and was able to study online; to me this is a little box of miracles and may quite possibly transform my daily life. No longer will I be stuck in doors studying, when it’s a lovely day outside, I just wish that I’d bought it years ago!! I most definitely recommend this to anyone who wants their Wi-Fi signal to reach parts it can’t currently reach at the moment.