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resander · 18-09-2013, 10:28

Our Superhub 1 was downstairs and we had a similar problem with unusable WIFI for a tablet in a bedroom diagonally upstairs, but the wifi in the room immediately above the hub was always fine. Bought a Huawei WS320 WIFI repeater (£23) and plugged into the wall socket in the room with poor wifi. The tablet automatically switched to the signal from the repeater when I walked into this room, but only the first time. When I walked downstairs and then back again it did not switch back to the signal from the repeater. I had to go back downstairs and restart the tablet (it then used the stronger signal from the router) and walk back upstairs again, OR turn the repeater off an back on (took 1-2 minutes) in the bedroom. Don't think a tablet should behave like that.

The signal from the repeater was fine when picked up by the tablet and when the tablet remained in the bedroom. I don't know if a laptop would misbehave in the same way or if the signal from a Superhub 2 would reach the bedroom without a repeater. We have a Superhub 2 now, but I got fed up and returned the tablet so cannot repeat the experiment.

18-09-2013, 10:28	#7
resander Inactive Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: East London Services: BB:100Mb TV:XL+SkySports&ESPN Phone:M Posts: 43	Re: Wireless coverage problem in one room Our Superhub 1 was downstairs and we had a similar problem with unusable WIFI for a tablet in a bedroom diagonally upstairs, but the wifi in the room immediately above the hub was always fine. Bought a Huawei WS320 WIFI repeater (£23) and plugged into the wall socket in the room with poor wifi. The tablet automatically switched to the signal from the repeater when I walked into this room, but only the first time. When I walked downstairs and then back again it did not switch back to the signal from the repeater. I had to go back downstairs and restart the tablet (it then used the stronger signal from the router) and walk back upstairs again, OR turn the repeater off an back on (took 1-2 minutes) in the bedroom. Don't think a tablet should behave like that. The signal from the repeater was fine when picked up by the tablet and when the tablet remained in the bedroom. I don't know if a laptop would misbehave in the same way or if the signal from a Superhub 2 would reach the bedroom without a repeater. We have a Superhub 2 now, but I got fed up and returned the tablet so cannot repeat the experiment.