Wi-Fi Throughput Boosters: What Affects Real Speed?

It can improve a device?s effective Wi-Fi link in a weak area, but throughput still depends on backhaul, interference and broadband service.

The extender adds another wireless link; distance, walls, interference or shared airtime may reduce throughput.

Throughput is the data successfully transferred over a connection in a given time, different from a theoretical link rate.

Put it where the router signal is dependable and it can reach the target area, then test real use there.