Question about usefulness of AC/wifi range extenders (perhaps a bit OT?)

[Peter N. Spotts]

Folks,

Has anyone had experience with the AC range extenders for wifi? We've
got a large-ish house with computer users in the basement, on the first
floor and on the second floor. As you can imagine, folks in the nether
regions have a hard time getting a consistent signal out of our
router, if any signal at all. And for some reason, when the weather gets
really rainy or snowy, it seems hard to keep a signal even when on the
same floor as the router...

Guidance on how useful these are would be gratefully received!  ;-)

With best regards,

Pete

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