jimboy2 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I have hard wired cat 6 round my house but still need wifi for portable devices. My router isn't strong enough to reach a bedroom upstairs so need a extender. What do you recommend? I have tried belkin plug in repeaters before and they aren't great. Ideally I want something that will be hard wired and pump out my full 74mbps. Cheers Quote
jimboy2 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Posted October 25, 2015 Something like this?? UniFi https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005VSY0VQ/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_sKjlwbRERE6N0 Quote
M1 6RYF Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Have you tried home plugs? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Mbps-Home-Double/dp/B000TV7FJ4 I'm not suggesting that brand or price, it's just to show you what they are. You plug one in next to your router and plug an ethernet cable in. It then uses your house's wiring to transmit the wifi/internet or what ever to the ither one you can plug in where ever. You can get wireless ones as well if you dont want to have it hard wired Edited October 25, 2015 by M1 6RYF Quote
Fodder Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Have you tried home plugs? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Mbps-Home-Double/dp/B000TV7FJ4 I'm not suggesting that brand or price, it's just to show you what they are. You plug one in next to your router and plug an ethernet cable in. It then uses your house's wiring to transmit the wifi/internet or what ever to the ither one you can plug in where ever. You can get wireless ones as well if you dont want to have it hard wired He already has CAT6 throughout so doesn't need home plugs. I've had mixed results with extenders too, I'd reach out to "Commander" as he's our resident expert on such matters Quote
Commander Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Don't use an Extender - they're crap for lots of technical reasons I won't bore you with. Best solution is to buy an Access Point, plug it in at the other end of your house and wire it back to your main router. Configure the SSID to be IDENTICAL to the one you already use, but put it on a different channel, ie, if main Router is on Ch6, put the new one on Ch1 or Ch11. Dead easy and now you've got decent WiFi everywhere. If you need help with any of this, just PM me. Rich (Wireless network engineer by trade) Edit: Typo Edited October 25, 2015 by Commander 5 Quote
Richf Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I had the same problem , bought one of these from Maplins , takes a cat 5 cable and mini usb for power Works fine and was £20 iirc http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/tp-link-tl-wr702n-single-band-n150-wireless-travel-cable-router-n28nf Quote
Juggalo Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Don't use an Extender - they're crap for lots of technical reasons I won't bore you with. Best solution is to buy an Access Point, plug it in at the other end of your house and wire it back to your main router. Configure the SSID to be IDENTICAL to the one you already use, but put it on a different channel, ie, if main Router is on Ch6, put the new one on Ch1 or Ch11. Dead easy and now you've got decent WiFi everywhere. If you need help with any of this, just PM me. Rich (Wireless network engineer by trade) Edit: Typo This ^ I use a Mikrotik RB951G, but any off the shelf AP will do really. Quote
jimboy2 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Posted October 25, 2015 Thanks everyone. Think I will buy the one I linked too and see how I get on. Just wish the routers were a lot stronger to get round a average type home Quote
Sam Mcgoo Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Have you tried home plugs? http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/B000TV7FJ4 I'm not suggesting that brand or price, it's just to show you what they are. You plug one in next to your router and plug an ethernet cable in. It then uses your house's wiring to transmit the wifi/internet or what ever to the ither one you can plug in where ever. You can get wireless ones as well if you dont want to have it hard wired He already has CAT6 throughout so doesn't need home plugs. I've had mixed results with extenders too, I'd reach out to "Commander" as he's our resident expert on such matters For anyone else reading this that doesn't have CAT5/6 cable throughout and suffers from poor wifi range in the home, I installed these this week and they appear very good (from an amateur point of view) . http://www.amazon.co...F55K6YRVM7J3TK4 I now have seamless wifi at both ends of my house and on both floors. Quote
DoogyRev Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I just used some Apple Air Port Express', works a treat Quote
glrnet Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I just used some Apple Air Port Express', works a treat Ditto that, no problems here either. Quote
tommoger Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Have you tried home plugs? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Mbps-Home-Double/dp/B000TV7FJ4 I'm not suggesting that brand or price, it's just to show you what they are. You plug one in next to your router and plug an ethernet cable in. It then uses your house's wiring to transmit the wifi/internet or what ever to the ither one you can plug in where ever. You can get wireless ones as well if you dont want to have it hard wired +1 to these, got them all over the house Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
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