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Wi-Fi routers are a great way to take your internet connection and share it wirelessly but there always seems to be one or two rooms in your home that don't get great Wi-Fi reception I'm gonna show you two inexpensive ways to get your internet spread across your home the simplest one-stop solution is a wireless range extender I got this one from tp-link for about $30 online it may look like an air freshener but what it really does is act as a relay for your Wi-Fi router we broadcast a signal and rooms in your home that aren't getting great reception here's how to set it up first find your Wi-Fi router and plug the extender in to a nearby location next find the WPS button on your router WPS stands for Wi-Fi Protected setup and it's an easy way for routers to pass along their login information to other devices automatically press the button until it registers then then go back over to the extender and press the button on the front after a minute your router and extender will find each other and perform a little virtual handshake you'll notice that when you can see the rest of the lights on the extender all lit up which indicate the signal strength now that the extender is configured to act as an extension of your router it's time to move it to another room plug it in and after a minute you should see everything light back up on the extender and if you don't you might be too far out of range for the extender to communicate back to your router so try a room that's slightly closer and see if that does the trick to test it out take out your phone or laptop and connect as usual you'll see your Wi-Fi routers name listed you'll select it and you're up and running now in some unique cases a Wi-Fi range extender might not be the best solution maybe you're trying to get internet out to a garage that's not even attached to your home or you're trying to get internet down to a basement that seems to just block out any kind of Wi-Fi reception in this case I would try a powerline adapter these things work by sending your wired internet connection over the copper wiring in your home they come in a pair and you plug one in your router and run an Ethernet connection from an available port on the back of your router to the connection on the adapter plug the second adapter into the room where you need internet and you can basically treat it like a wired Ethernet or connect to it directly or set up another router here to make it Wireless so there you go two tricks for extending the Internet to every corner of your home