

Using my ThinkPad T470, I connected to the device’s built-in 2.4GHz LAN, transparently called “WiFi-Repeater” network name. Setting up the Super Boost Wireless-N Wi-Fi Repeater doesn’t require using an app or creating an account. Super Boost Wi-Fi Repeater review: Setup and software Happily, it allows a good assortment of customization options. To its credit, the Super Boost Wireless-N Wi-Fi Repeater can also be an access point that gets its data from a wired connection. It just can’t compare with today’s best (or even mediocre) extenders.

Using the Super Boost Wireless-N Wi-Fi Repeater is like driving on a rutted dirt road after cruising down a newly paved freeway. Super Boost Wi-Fi Repeater review: Features

If it’s left on, the device might use only $2.30 of electricity over a year if you pay the national average of 13 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity. The Super Boost Wireless-N Range Extender used only 2.0 watts of power, making it an efficient extender. Either way, this trickle of data should allow basic Web browsing and email but will likely disappoint on video. It's only slightly better with the extender upstairs from the host and the receiver 40 feet away, where it moved 2.4Mbps. With it set up 40-feet away from the host router on the same floor, the Wireless-N Wi-Fi Repeater was able to send a signal across the house to a receiver 50 feet away but provided only 610Kbps of data.
