Infinity range extending/boosting. Help/suggestion...

Just had infinity installed with a home hub 4 and all seems to be ok. However the range at one end of my house is not great (where I am most!) and have a few dropouts and or slow speed. I just wondered what people's experience and solutions are for range extending. I would consider those extenders that go through electrical wiring circuit. Have people used these? Are they any good? Can you plug the ethernet from your modem into one and move the home hub 4 more central and plug that into the out one? Has anyone used any wireless ones?
I used to have virginmedia and used my apple time capsule as a router and and airport express to extend the range, but I don't see that these apple products can be used with anything non Apple?
I have tried plugging the Ethernet in the back of my time capsule from the BT modem and by-passing the home hub 4, but this does not appear to work either.
As I say just wondered what people experience is with boosting the range and how they have gone about it and what works well.
Thanks for any help/suggestions
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