Turn your laptop into a wireless repeater
Put a Windows laptop where your Wi-Fi is still strong, and Connectify Hotspot MAX repeats your network into the rooms your router doesn’t reach. Devices that join are on your main network, as if connected directly.
MAX Wi-Fi repeater mode is part of Hotspot MAX.
Create a: Wi-Fi repeater
Home network
Devices that join the repeater appear on your home network, with addresses from your router.
How to increase your Wi-Fi range with Connectify Hotspot
Place your laptop
Put the laptop between your router and the room you want to cover, where the Wi-Fi signal is still good.
Choose Wi-Fi repeater
In Connectify Hotspot MAX, under Create a, pick Wi-Fi repeater.
Pick the network to repeat
Choose your home Wi-Fi in Wi-Fi network to repeat. It lists the WPA and WPA2 networks Windows has connected to.
Press Start
Devices in the far room can now connect and join your main network.
Good to know: repeater mode needs a Wi-Fi adapter that supports it. Ad blocking is off in repeater mode, since devices are on your main network.
5 reasons to use Connectify Hotspot as your Wi-Fi repeater
Uses a laptop you already own MAX
There’s no extender to buy, plug in, or set up. Any Windows laptop with a supported Wi-Fi adapter can do it.
Devices stay on your main network MAX
Phones, printers, and TVs that connect through the repeater can still find everything else at home.
Goes where you need it MAX
Move the laptop to the basement, garage, or back bedroom whenever you need coverage there.
See who’s connected MAX
Hotspot shows every device using the repeater, so you know what’s on your network.
More than a repeater MAX
Hotspot MAX also includes bridging mode, wired router mode, and everything in PRO, in one app.
Get Wi-Fi repeater mode with Hotspot MAX
Hotspot MAX extends your Wi-Fi into every room, and includes bridging mode and everything in PRO. One-time payment, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
Which networks can I repeat?
WPA and WPA2 Wi-Fi networks that Windows on your laptop has connected to before.
Will my devices be on my main network?
Yes. Devices that join the repeater appear on your home network, as if they were connected directly to your router.
Does my Wi-Fi adapter need to support anything?
Yes, it needs to support repeater mode, and not every adapter does. It’s worth checking on the laptop you plan to use. Hotspot MAX comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Which edition has repeater mode?
Hotspot MAX. It also includes bridging mode and everything in Hotspot PRO.
Get Connectify Hotspot
PRO and MAX are one-time purchases, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.