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[–] elmicha@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can put your phone in hotspot mode and place it where the extender should go, then see how good the signal in the office is.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's a good idea but unfortunately i have terrible cell reception and my mobile is useless without wifi.

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can do that? I never tried, I assumed it wouldn't make sense to hotspot wifi.

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

You can at least on android and I thought ios too now but idk

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

You can set up a mobile Hotspot without phone reception. The Hotspot won't have any working internet connection, but you will still be able to judge the signal strength, and even measure the speed using iperf