[CigarNut]

I used to use a wireless repeater -- for years. I finally relocated my router to a more central location and no longer needed the repeater (I donated it to the Cigar Bar, which had a lousy signal -- repeater helped them a lot).

As others have said, you can use any brand as long as the signal at home and the wireless repeater both conform to the "N" standard. I ended up buying the same brand repeater as my router, because there are always some "gotchas" in each vendor's implementation and I did not want to worry about it.

If a repeater is easier (less expensive) than moving the router then just do that, otherwise move the router.