# Recommend a WiFi repeater

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-wifi-repeater/530217>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-wifi-repeater/530217 "2010-02-24T02:35:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-wifi-repeater/530217/1 "2010-02-24T02:35:01Z")

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Anyone have recent & favorable experience with these?

I’d also be interested in USB-connected WiFi range extenders.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-wifi-repeater/530217/2 "2010-02-24T09:32:39Z")

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The best and most flexible way to extend a wireless network (IMO) is to buy a second hand Linksys WRT54g and install dd-wrt on it (an open-source linux router OS that really kicks ass).  
It can then be easily configured in a number of different modes, including repeater.

It’s a lot less technically complex to set up than it might seem.