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TeeDee

TeeDee

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I live in a slightly rural area - Broadband ping rate here isn't great.

I'd like to get something that can extend the WiFi I do have to cover the property at all the perimeter - which isn't massive but is enough to lose signal between the router location and where I want to have access - shed , garage , CCTV camera on posts.

So can anyone technical please advise anything out there that can significantly boost and maintain a steady signal. I guess alot of that will be dependent upon the strength and quality of the signal coming in but I'm hoping someone has an informed answer.
 
I have a dead spot reaching into the garden. As such i use a Linksys power line wi-fi extender. One power line plugs into the mains near my router. The other plugs into a socket on the first floor, in the bedroom that backs onto the garden. Works a treat.
 
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depending on the distance you want to overcome but here are a few options:

1 - there are routers that allow you to increase the power of the wifi signal beyond the standard for a country. (I don't know the law for UK wifi signals, but there are routers that are limited by software settings) Keep in mind, your phone/laptops transmit / receive also an they will become the limiting factor.
2 - there are routers that have a connection for a better external/outdoor antenna
3 - a power line extender but you need power for the extender
4 - a POE (power over ethernet) extender, you can install an extender connected to a UTP cable from your router. (your router needs to be able to deliver POE over the cable)
5 - a standard wifi extender that will log on to your SSID, this will expand the signal but usually at the cost of speed.
 
This is the unit I fitted into the studio (outside stone and timber building) earlier this year. The distance to the base router is about 35m. It's easy to install and it certainly improves things to a working level, but from 910Mb at the router it drops it to nearer 300 in the studio.
 
Broch said:
This is the unit I fitted into the studio (outside stone and timber building) earlier this year. The distance to the base router is about 35m. It's easy to install and it certainly improves things to a working level, but from 910Mb at the router it drops it to nearer 300 in the studio.
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Did you forget to include the Link Broch?? Or are you referencing something from above?
 
I use a mesh system too.
3 mains powered units, one plugged into the router, one in the last room of the house facing the back garden and the other in the workshop 30m away at the bottom of the garden.
Not had a issue
 
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Who is your broadband provider?
I used to have bt wifi discs dotted all around the farm and that allowed me to have signal in all the buildings, I have now changed to EE and am slowly adding to my collection of there extenders to gain the same coverage.
 
It does depend.

Mesh is great to air hop when it’s more convenient than running a cable.

For mine although it’s not a long run, meshing wasn’t reliable enough due to a few walls. Running a cable through teo narrow loft spaces was a pain but doing it once was better than the repeated pain of dropped signal.

What level of kit needed is hard to say without more spec of what’s feeding off it.

Again for mine, I’m went a bit higher than some here as it would need to feed gaming and streaming at the same time and so I went for an hpe instant on with wifi 6. Certainly no complaints - the app works well for seeing bandwidth and setting new networks. I wish the main router was the same!
However that might be overkill for small use needs.
 
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