Poor Wireless connection - Have I bought the right thing?

emeraldbugle

I want to improve the wireless connection in the house.

I have just bought this and I'm wondering if it is the right thing.

Basically we have a a computer downstairs and we have phones/ipad/ipod too. I wanted to improve the signal upstairs for our phones etc.

Any help/advice would be appreciated

Thanks

TonyMMM

They will allow you to connect a wired device some distance away from the router ... and they work very well. But they won't do anything for wireless connection to other devices.

Can you move the router ?

emeraldbugle

Hi, we've tried moving the router, we've also tried various channels.

To save me returning it, would plugging the upstairs one into something like this work?

John_Gray

The remarkably tiny "TP Link TL-WR702N 150Mbps Wireless N Nano Router" works quite well as a Wireless Access Point (WAP), and you'd connect the homeplug to the WR702N using an ethernet patch cable.

emeraldbugle

John_Gray wrote: »

The remarkably tiny "TP Link TL-WR702N 150Mbps Wireless N Nano Router" works quite well as a Wireless Access Point (WAP), and you'd connect the homeplug to the WR702N using an ethernet patch cable.

Could I send the homeplugs back and just use the TP- Link WR702N? (to save some money )

GunJack

yes you could, slightly fiddly to set up, but essentially yes

John_Gray

Err, no! You need to feed the WR702N with an ethernet signal when it's acting as a Wireless Access Point...

See the pretty picture.

TonyMMM

John_Gray wrote: »

Err, no! You need to feed the WR702N with an ethernet signal when it's acting as a Wireless Access Point...

See the pretty picture.

Not if you use it in Repeater Mode ... it will work (may be tricky to set up though).

GunJack

^^^ exactly