I cannot pick up Wi Fi in the area of my house that is my office. For a windows laptop I use a plug in (to the mains electric)  booster which connects via the USB port. This will not work on MacbookPro as the USB will not recognise it. Why is this?

Do I need the ethernet to thunderbolt adapter available at £25 from apple store? Will this work?

Hi -before you go buying new cables, I would ask, is your booster only designed for Windows computers or does it have also have an installation setup with drivers for Macs - this could be why the Mac doesn't recognize it.

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