Wifi boosting for EV charger

neilymac

Hi,
Looking for a bit of advice.
I've ordered an electric cat, and am getting a home electric vehicle charger installed to the front of my house.

However, I've read that for in order for it to work with all the features (timed charging especially), I need a WiFi connection at the charger.

The charger is to be positioned at the front of my attached garage, which is only about 10m from my router, but its outside - and it gets 0% coverage there when I check it with a WiFi scanner app.

Inside the garage gets about 20-30% coverage, but as soon as you go outside the wall, it's zero.

What can I do to fix this?
I have Sky broadband, would a WiFi booster help?
I've read mixed reports on things like boosters, WiFi mesh, TP link extender.

Anyone got any advice on what would work?

FreeBear

Is there an option for the internet connection to be hard wired rather than wifi ?

A 10-15m CAT5/6 cable will be a lot cheaper than a booster and be much more reliable.

spinspiral

Here is my experience for my cinema that is sound proofed so challenge to get a good signal.
1, just from router, 6 mb speed- forever dropping
2.link extender, 25Mb but still unstable
3.Wifi mesh 175Mb, completely stable 

Hope that helps

Clive_Woody

I got a set of MESH routers to boost our Wi-Fi signal and it was a revelation. I tried power line extenders, but they were useless. Various options available on Amazon easy to setup.

TELLIT01

I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?

lemondrops69

TELLIT01 said:

I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?

Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 

giraffe69

Just started using a mesh (BT) and it has improved and extended decent reception no end no my vote for that.

TELLIT01

lemondrops69 said:

TELLIT01 said:

I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?

Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 

Pleased to know I'm not the only one with a childish sense of humour.

GDB2222

lemondrops69 said:

TELLIT01 said:

I know it's childish and the OP had a typo, but where will the plug be attached to the cat?

Not sure about a cat, but if the OP was getting a dog you'd just plug in the lead 

We had a cat that used to come out for walks with us.