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A router and an extender: When your laptop doesn't know which to use. |
September 09, 2014
Lisa Marie Lalonde’s router isn’t powerful enough to cover her entire home, so she installed a range extender. But when she moves from one part of the house to another, her laptop fails to connect to the nearest signal and loses the network.
If you carry a laptop, tablet, or smartphone through a home with multiple access points (such as routers and range extenders), the device should latch onto the access point with the strongest signal—presumably the closest one. Therefore, it should appear to be continually connected as you move from room to room.
But technology doesn’t always behave the way it should.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2466495/a-router-and-an-extender-when-your-laptop-doesnt-know-which-to-use.html#tk.rss_howto
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