Full building WiFi

Seriously, just don’t. WiFi extenders have their place, but this is limited to certain situations. Let me explain, when you add an extender it grabs the signal from your WiFi, then creates a new WiFi network with a different name and sends out a new signal that reaches further in the direction you placed it compared to the original WiFi signal. You can now connect to this signal and get internet in areas where you probably couldn’t get before. Sounds great right? Well, this is where the sometimes hated, “it depends” quote comes in. If you are trying to extend the signal to a device that doesn’t move, like say a TV, then this works great. On mobile devices however it becomes a hassle, as you walk away from your main router or WiFi device toward the repeater, you need to go into your settings, and disconnect from the original WiFi and then connect to the repeater and vice versa when you walk back. See where this could get annoying and in a business setting can even be unproductive and costly in terms of time lost? Exactly, so instead you are better off installing a system with multiple WiFi access points (you can think of these as antennas) spread throughout the building, or a mesh network device which works similarly but wirelessly instead of wired antennas.