Wifi signal through house

bribri_2

There are a couple of dead spots for the wifi signal at far points from routet.
Only one socket in house.

Is sugnal strength the same for all providers or are some better tham others. Is fibre or cable better?

Thank you

AndyPK

All very similar.

You can get a booster repeater to put in the middle of the house.

Cycrow

Signal strength of the wifi has nothing to do with the provider. Its all down to the actual device. Some providers give out devices with better wifi. But you could always use a different device with a better signal than the one you got with from the provider

thebigstillmeister

My Sky one is pretty good and reaches all the way to my garage which is quite far away, although had a week signal in one room upstairs where i'd notice my phone would switch to 3G/4G,

Paid £20 for the sky's own wifi booster, plugged it in and got 100% signal everywhere, thought it was great until I realised it only gave 2mb through the booster,.. so i'd have 37mb downstairs, walk upstairs and it would switch to 2mb,

sent it straight back,

bribri_2

So BT advertise a router that still gives a signal as far as the space station, although I may not gave watched the advert properly.

Presumably thats becayse it was a straight line and no walls. Is there a measure of signal strength to measure different prospeed? Rather than speed.

davidsuffolk

The "best way" is an access point which cost @£70 as they can be placed where you wish, tend to have a wider signal area and don't reduce either bandwidth or speed.

Little bit tricky to set up but not rocket science and well within capability of most people. Needs an ethernet cable run from router.

anna42hmr

I have found home plugs (aka power line adapters) have been invaluable for me in sorting this is out, as it sends the internet through the existing electrical wiring.

You just plug one in near the router connect them both with an Ethernet cable and then plug in receivers near where you want the internet. For example have. One near the TVs so can use Ethernet for the smart TVs etc.

I use tp link ones and can even chose ones with pass through so can still use the socket (such as this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-PA4020PKIT-Two-Port-Powerline-Adapter/dp/B00LV41PO4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1474187631&sr=8-5&keywords=Homeplugs. )

anotheruser

I've just bought a powerline adaptor.
I'll report back when I've tested it but I think it's the way forward really.