Using Wifi Extenders in the home
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moosp, have you tried changing channels on the original device and/or moving it around a couple of meters? You seem to be in HK, which means there are probably a lot of other networks nearby. There are plenty of tools that will help you identify the channel with least interference.
Also, you say that the router is at one end of the house. Have you tried a somewhat directional anternna? They're cheap as chips in HK.
Also, you say that the router is at one end of the house. Have you tried a somewhat directional anternna? They're cheap as chips in HK.
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I'm at present in South Africa suffering under the wifi speeds of the last century, even as it comes out of the wall I am never better than 3 mbps down load on a 10 mbps line. If I could get that on the stoep I would be happy…
The net gear device has a traffic light type indicator to show the signal strength
and I can move it around to get a green signal.
The Netgear forums read like the emanations from Purgatory with much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, so I'm not the only sufferer.
I'm not sure how to, "Change channels on the original device," Bushfiva, as my router only seems to transmit one signal. I can renew the IP address but that is all.
Shame we waste so much time on this s**t, I really do have better things to do than chase these internet connections up. It wasn't like this when we got colour TV…
The net gear device has a traffic light type indicator to show the signal strength
and I can move it around to get a green signal.
The Netgear forums read like the emanations from Purgatory with much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, so I'm not the only sufferer.
I'm not sure how to, "Change channels on the original device," Bushfiva, as my router only seems to transmit one signal. I can renew the IP address but that is all.
Shame we waste so much time on this s**t, I really do have better things to do than chase these internet connections up. It wasn't like this when we got colour TV…
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Never had much joy out of wireless extenders. Got a supposedly good one one sitting in the junk chest right now - sort of worked, but slowed up everything - despite channel swapping etc.
Solved by getting a better modem/router or running Cat6.
Not that it makes that much difference with the miserable Internet speeds in South Africa.
Advice: Avoid if at all possible
Mac
Solved by getting a better modem/router or running Cat6.
Not that it makes that much difference with the miserable Internet speeds in South Africa.
Advice: Avoid if at all possible
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Another consideration with Powerlines is that if your incoming mains power is single phase, then three properties away from you the data will be there as well albeit somewhat attenuated.
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I use Devolo powerline extenders; 50m from a separate office where the router is installed, 2 WiFi transmitters in our large Victorian house, one upstairs, one down.
The office is supplied by its own power circuit back to the main switchboard.
It works perfectly, far better than any signal booster system could have done, and was simple to install.
However, I never thought about the possibility that the signal may escape to a neighbour; would that be protected by the network key?
The office is supplied by its own power circuit back to the main switchboard.
It works perfectly, far better than any signal booster system could have done, and was simple to install.
However, I never thought about the possibility that the signal may escape to a neighbour; would that be protected by the network key?
I live in a thatched cottage and had poor wireless coverage. I bought a cheap wireless client/access point box and used that with a cable router. Works fine on its own subnet and the netgear router sorted itself out with no intelligence from me happily.
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Originally Posted by Capot
However, I never thought about the possibility that the signal may escape to a neighbour; would that be protected by the network key?