Range Extenders
Range Extenders are used for the strengthening of wireless signals. Let us suppose you are using a wireless connection at your home place and finding that at some places signal range is quite good while at other places it is quite weak. Thus, for these scenarios range extenders can be of great assistance.
Working
It takes up the signal from the existing Wi-Fi router and then a new network is generated to which now you can connect. The broadcasting of this second-created network is carried out on a different wireless channel.
Access Point vs Range Extender
Wireless communication takes place over free space through RF (radio frequency), one device, the Transmitter sends a signal to another device, Receiver. Two devices (transmitter and receiver) must use the same frequency (or channel) to be able to communicate with each other. In this article, we will see, the basic difference between Access Point and Range Extender.