{"id":11831,"date":"2019-07-29T12:22:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=11831"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:36:47","slug":"wifi-extenders-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/life-hacks\/wifi-extenders-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Wrong with My Wifi Extender’s Signal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a pretty common question we receive on the support floor here at Webafrica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve got a big space, so you bought a WiFi extender, but now, your device is struggling to connect even when you\u2019re standing next to the flippen\u2019 thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer is your device\u2019s connection settings<\/strong>. For the most part, your phone, laptop, TV (whatever) will connect to the last known device it was connected to. So, even though the extender is there, it won\u2019t connect via that signal. This may sound crazy when your extender\u2019s signal is so much stronger than the router\u2019s own signal \u2013 but as long as there is a hint of that better \u201cknown\u201d network around, your device is going to try and connect to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you fix the WiFi extender signal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You don’t fix it, exactly. Because, usually, there is nothing wrong with the extender. What you need to do is make sure your device<\/strong> connects to the correct signal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some high-priced handover systems you can purchase, and some android apps<\/a> you can try \u2013 but it\u2019s not actually necessary. All you need to do is open your device\u2019s WiFi settings and select the signal via which you want to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make this task simpler, make sure you give your router WiFi and extender WiFi different names! That way you will always know which connection you\u2019re using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually your device should recognize the extender as a \u201cbest known\u201d signal and connect to it automatically. You can also set the default connection on most devices, so just make sure you set your Airties Extender signal as your default connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if I want the fastest possible signal all over my house?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If chopping and changing between WiFi signals seems like way too much trouble, and you need a seamless WiFi experience wherever you are in your home, you can buy an extender from our Online Store<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>This is a wireless mesh solution that significantly increases your WiFi coverage. It\u2019s compatible with various device types, too, so you can pair it up with any of your Webafrica services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then all you have to do is take note of the above – make sure your Airties Extender has it’s own name, and make sure you set this signal as the default signal on your devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a pretty common question we receive on the support floor here at Webafrica. You\u2019ve got a big space, so you bought a WiFi extender, but now, your device is struggling to connect even when you\u2019re standing next to the flippen\u2019 thing. The answer is your device\u2019s connection settings. For the most part, your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":11832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-hacks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/wifi_extender.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAWxt-34P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11831"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14061,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions\/14061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}