How can I extend the iPhone hotspot with a WiFi extender?

I would like to use my unlimited internet access in a weekend house via the iPhone Hotspot. To improve the range I have to use a WiFi extender. Since the iPhone does not provide WPS the link between hotspot and extender is difficult to impossible.


Who knows an extender (model, brand) that could do the job?

iPhone 5, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on May 24, 2016 7:26 AM

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May 24, 2016 9:38 AM in response to Rumilo

IMO extenders work reasonably well when used with a router but using them with an iPhone Hotspot may not be easy as you mentioned. A web search reports conflicting reports about this. Since you are trying to use the iPhone as a Hotspot, you could move or carry the iPhone to the location you want, perhaps a workaround...

May 24, 2016 8:54 AM in response to Csound1

I do not want to be complicated but:


I have tried to solve my problem with several WiFi extenders. All of them could make contact to iPhones and iPads as clients. But none of them could make contact to an iPhone which is in hotspot mode (as router, which is serving other gadgets with its internet access).

Before I buy a Linksys N600 Pro I would like to know that this type is different and really can make contact to the iPhone hotspot..

May 24, 2016 9:52 AM in response to elcpu

Thanks for all your advice. My problem just seems to be difficult to solve.I do not want to connect the iPhone to the internet but the internet to the extender. The reason is that my laptop cannot make contact to an iPhone hotspot but can easily make contact to a standard extender. So bringing the iPhone closer to the laptop does not help either. And in the specific situation an extender would really help.


One day apple might come up with a solution or some ingenious programmer may make an app. Reading from the net. my problem is quite frequent.


Thanks for your effort.

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