Lidl does dual band 802.11ac range extender 02/10/16

[Dos_Box]

I just may grab myself one of these.

It's a dual band 802.11 ac/b/g/n range extender with 2x ethernet ports (no speed listed) so looks like it will also act as a homeplug too.

All in all, not a bad spec for a £19.99 device

 

 

It's available on Sunday 2nd October and you can find out more here: SILVERCREST Wifi Range Extender - Sunday, 02.10. - Lidl UK

[mikeprice]

Hmm - thanks - might get one to - not sure it will work as a homeplug though

[Gibbo]

Did anyone get one? Wondered what the quality is like.

[Dos_Box]

Did anyone get one? Wondered what the quality is like.

 

I'd forgotten about this! Will grab one today.

[Dos_Box]

I picked one up this morning. Not unpacked it yet but it appears it's not powerline.

The LAN ports are for either providing a hardwired point (via wifi) for a pc or as a wifi access point from your router (WAN and LAN ports).

This is quite good as you can set an inadequet router in modem mode and hardwire the .ac extender to be your main wifi. So if you are after decent wifi speeds (it's dual band remember) from an old router this could be a cheap way to go

Will take it home and do some range tests and let you all know

Edited October 4, 2016 by Dos_Box

[woodham]

I got one to extend our signal to our back room as its always been poor in there and its made no difference to it at all despite the extender saying is has a good strong signal

 

not convinced its doing anything so its back to lidl with it

 

;(

[Dos_Box]

Well, I'm not impressed. It only connects at 54Mbps in .ac and so far cannot route traffic to the internet even though it is picking up DHCP from the router!

You really do get what you pay for I guess!