Wifi Boosters

itsakidsworld

Hi everyone,

I have probably asked this question before but ask again as we are still having problems with this issue.

Our BT wifi is in a front room and reaches most areas of the house. However it does not reach a back bedroom. We fitted a Sitecom Wireless Network Range Extender which did offer some boosting at times, but mostly offers very little.

I have looked at the "plug in" range extenders such as the BT broadband extender kits. The problem appears that our house is over 3 levels and the electric circuit is on 3 individual rings so my belief is these may/wont work?

Can anyone who is clued up with this sort of stuff offer any solutions as it would be brilliant that we had wifi access to all areas of the house so the kids are happy!!

As an added note most of our internal walls are of solid construction from block build with cement rendered plaster. We also have quite a few steel support beams which could hinder any signal?

Thanks for any advice which really would be appreciated.

victor2

You may be right in thinking that "home plug" type devices will not work over different rings. However, some reports say that they will work on different rings so long as they are on the same phase (which a domestic dwelling probably is), so it could be worth a try.
I've just installed a TP-Link range extender in our house to get over the pathetic range of Virgin Media's so called Superhub, where the hub us downstairs and I need good WiFi upstairs. It works a treat and was a doddle to set up with WPS. It was relatively cheap at £23, so worth a try for me. However, as you've already tried that then maybe a good old Ethernet cable to a second wireless hub is a better solution? Not as elegant, but may be the best way.

itsakidsworld

Thanks Victor2,

I have an Ethernet cable already fitted under the floorboards into a backroom which is actually directly under this bedroom. But i did not know you could fit a 2nd wireless hub? If I can it sounds like this could be the solution as the signal would surely be strong in a room directly below the area we need covering?

justjohn

I am in an old house ...with thick walls. we have 3 floors. we have used belkin hd home plugs and tplink home plugs (not at same time, they don't mix). They work fine for us.


We also have a workshop on a separate ring that is supplied from an armoured cable from the main house. That gets a signal from the homeplugs but it is weaker.

bridgedino

I have a plug in TP Link wifi booster to improve our wifi out in the garden. Can't fault it at all in performance. It is plugged into a completely different circuit from the router and works perfectly

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WA850RE-Universal-Extender-Configuration/dp/B00AHXXJVW

victor2

itsakidsworld wrote: »

Thanks Victor2,

I have an Ethernet cable already fitted under the floorboards into a backroom which is actually directly under this bedroom. But i did not know you could fit a 2nd wireless hub? If I can it sounds like this could be the solution as the signal would surely be strong in a room directly below the area we need covering?

You certainly can add another wireless hub, although it probably would be better to give it a different SSID. Range extenders use the same SSID, but it doesn't matter if you have two different names and you at least know which hub you are using.

GunJack

reconfigure the wifi extender you have, and locate it in the middle-floor room plugged into the ethernet cable, job done

itsakidsworld

Thanks everyone for taking the time to offer advice. I will try the options mentioned with what we have first and go from there.

Much appreciated

Moneymaker

I use a USB "Bear Extender". Brilliant little device.