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The ballache with those is that they often either set up a totally different wi-fi network or your phone/laptop/whatever doesn't switch nicely from one network to the other and it ends up hanging on to the weak connection.
They, or an old router and powerline adapter will do the job but it will be a bit annoying.
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Procrastination and being on a budget means I'm still looking for a wifi range extender. Powerline ones seem like the sensible option.
It needs to be wifi, but will ideally also have:
Is this going to be the cheapest one that meets my needs?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA4226KIT-Powerline-Broadband-Configuration-UK/dp/B01HD20F8O/ref=sr_1_2?crid=10US2FNF45AUT&keywords=powerline+adapter+wifi+passthrough&qid=1563980906&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A1036894031%5Cc2141780031&rnid=1036892031&s=computers&sprefix=Powerline+Adapter+WiFi+%2Ccomputers%2C144&sr=1-2
I think there maybe some old small wifi routers at work, and we definitely have a couple of old internet routers that came as part of our packages over the years. Could these be plugged into an ethernet only powerline as a budget option?
Cheers.