Gigaclear

[12dan34]

We have used gigaclear for 2-3 years now and it's pretty good all in all. Last year we had a summerhouse built that is too far from the house for the wifi to reach and I wondered if it is possible to use any time of extender that plugs into the mains and uses the cabling rather than wifi to extend?

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

[Captain_Morgan]

Powerline adapters, buy from Amazon send back if no workie good enough.

[SteveKTMer]

If you can run a cable you'll be saving yourself a lot of potential hassle with extenders, mesh etc and get best performance.

[12dan34]

Thanks both, a cable would be great but it's really not possible now everything is built and covered up.

I really thought the existing wifi would be strong enough but once doors are shut, it pretty much dries up.

I'm favouring the powerline adapters right now, I wonder if you can return them once the box is opened..??

[S6PNJ]

Buy a 'pre-used' set from Facebook Marketplace or eBay to try them - any speed will do for the test - shouldn't cost more than about £10-£15 for 2 plugs. If they work, sell them on and buy the ones with the speed / style / features you want.

Or buy 2 more Linksys Velop routers and place one in the summerhouse (as it will then link with the mesh feature and provide local wifi) and one in the nearest part of your house to the summerhouse. Second hand ones available on eBay for £23 last time I looked.

(I'm a Gigaclear user as well).

Edited by S6PNJ on Friday 20th January 13:28

[Lucas Ayde]

12dan34 said:

Thanks both, a cable would be great but it's really not possible now everything is built and covered up.

I really thought the existing wifi would be strong enough but once doors are shut, it pretty much dries up.

I'm favouring the powerline adapters right now, I wonder if you can return them once the box is opened..??

I returned an open set of Tenda adaptors that were just rubbish. I specified reason for return as very poor performance (the older pair of Zyxels I bought them to replace were much faster and more stable on the same plug sockets, but one had developed a fault).

No issues from Amazon, they promptly issued a refund as soon as I left them to the local collection point for return.