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WiFi help needed
z1ts:
Good morning fellow Kitizens!
A little help if I may :)
My parents have a BT HH5 located in their study which is in one corner of their house downstairs. It is a very large & old 6 bedroom house with really thick solid internal walls and subsequently the WiFi signal only gets as far as the 2/3 adjacent rooms and the bedroom above. This leaves over 2 thirds of the house with no WiFi signal at all.
Now some will recall that I was in the fortunate position to be able to run Cat5 around my entire house whilst it was undergoing some serious renovation and I now have 3 x BT HH5's giving me excellent coverage in all areas of my house - a new Cat5 network ISN'T currently possible in my parents' house unfortunately :(
What are my options to extend/improve the WiFi coverage? I have heard talks of WiFi extenders (is there such a thing, do they work?) and other things like HomePlugs as an alternative to running Cat5 network cabling.
Would appreciate some comments regarding the pros and cons of the various solutions and advice on bits of kit that would fit the bill.
Thanks in advance
z1ts
BigJ:
Hi z1ts
You could try a "mesh" WiFi setup. Apparently, they can work well in your sort of situation though I have no personal experience. Here's a link to some reviews.
"Designed to blanket your home with wireless coverage, Wi-Fi systems are a hybrid of sorts, made up of several networking components. There's a main router that connects directly to your modem, and a series of satellite modules, or nodes, that you place throughout your house. They are all part of a single wireless network, and share the same SSID and password."
gt94sss2:
Have a look at something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cre/BT-11ac-Dual-Band-Wi-Fi-Extender-1200-Booster/B00P7XV00O/ or something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01NBMMVG7/?tag=ho01f-21 as options depending on how much you want to pay. (other brands are available!)
z1ts:
Thank you both - very helpful.
Am I correct in thinking that something like this won't allow me to 'daisy chain' the router and 2 of these?
Like my sketch attached I wondered if I could use the WiFi signal from a range extender to provide signal a second range extender, but from your explanations I think I may have to invest in a more expensive 'mesh' WiFi set up.
Again appreciate your comments!
licquorice:
If you don't want to go to the expense of a mesh network, something like this will work very well (although there are those here that will say powerline adaptors are the work of the devil :) ) https://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-mini-wi-fi-home-hotspot-600-multi-kit-084289-BVFH.html
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