Oh how I love it when technology is inexpensive, easy to setup, and solves problems. A new case in point is the WiFi at my house.
My house was originally built in the early 50's. But then it was added onto. And then again. And then again. So even though the house isn't very large, it's quite spread out.
My home internet is Verizon FiOS. And the connection is in my upstairs office area.
What this has meant is that in the first floor guestroom there is no signal, and even in the kitchen and family room, signal is weak.
So, based on advice of the internet crowd, I got a Diamond Multimedia 300Mbps 802.11n Wireless Range Extender (WR300N).
That picture made me think it was a rather large box, but when it arrived I was delighted to see it plugs into a power outlet. What was even better is the elapsed time from opening the box to having it operational was 4 minutes! Plug it into power and an ethernet port (they give you a cable) on one of your PCs , login to it (they give you the IP address to stick in your browser), use an autodiscover wizard and bam, done! I then moved it to the first floor in an area where the original signal starts to tail off. You never need the ethernet connection after initial setup.
The result is that I now have 5 bars throughout my house. I love it when $53.49 and 4 minutes of labor solve a problem. Now when my kids visit they can watch Game of Thrones on HBO GO wherever they are in the house.
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