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Simple Q, from my understanding a wireless repeater picks up a wireless signal and repeats it to strengthen coverage. An access point is a router that you plug in by way of cat cable to the main router itself that then repeats that signal.

So my understanding is that... a repeater can degrade wireless speed, but an access point is a pretty good way to increase coverage with a lot less detriment to the signal.

Am I right on this so far, and, if so, what do people use as access points? Old routers? Stuff @ memory express?