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Cheapest Way to Extend your Router Internet Signal to the 3rd Floor of a house
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Leodogger
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My daughter has a 3 storey house and can't get a reliable internet signal on the 3rd floor of the house, what is the cheapest way to boost the signal to the 3rd floor ?
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Mesh wifi is the most reliable way. I use Eero from Amazon (not the cheapest but strong signal right around the house and past the end of the garden). Tenda Nova one on ebay for around £40
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403549264342?epid=26023038328&hash=item5df56919d6:g:dF0AAOSwOxtiNG1s&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4Eg9q1WA4Vh9LP/8tWaQshpCk7XjgA4ZX0WjAhYEuFahAtLr4wpqfBfpMxmkagqu4Vrevmcn5hKETK6wbdAiaG68BhV6l7/ubJL++gS+tsdSBu8nTO7ExB66zpKIAFPxztENyNpEVjy0Odal2bJVvEusCWEJRfwoJPhQU7dxvQX3sSmtRz7RoXOUqK4Lub7N2GjiZ4u6qUpYHBnaZSo/a4aTSKgeoJjKjLuv7waqn415eyqXPQrjM97ej8rGJXzUpPwA0kbNw5yD33dWlnrQfPXCbZasiBHW29YT0a7UfWt5|tkp:Bk9SR-zS6ISHYg&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000
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A lot depends on how good a signal and speed is required.
Do you need an "adequate" connection just for checking emails and surfing the Web or does it need to support streaming tv at 4k / intensive levels of online gaming?
I use a mesh network but a fast one doesn't come cheap.
Is it possible to locate the router on the middle floor?0 -
Neil49 said:A lot depends on how good a signal and speed is required.
Do you need an "adequate" connection just for checking emails and surfing the Web or does it need to support streaming tv at 4k / intensive levels of online gaming?
I use a mesh network but a fast one doesn't come cheap.
Is it possible to locate the router on the middle floor?0 -
WiFi coverage has nothing to do with what speed your router can sync at , if your house were closer to the FTTC cabinet and be because of that could be getting 80Mb , you would still be using the same router , in the same location , in the same house , and the WiFi ‘signal’ would not ‘reach’ the third floor, the same as it is now , it’s the WiFi signal strength that’s the issue, not the rate the router syncs at.As said , you need to use some method to improve the WiFi signal to the rooms that currently get a poor WiFi signal ( if shifting the router to a more central position isn’t possible ) , there are several possibilities that can improve things , a router with better WiFi performance, or more likely a way to ‘extend’ the WiFi to the rooms that currently have poor reception0
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iniltous said:WiFi coverage has nothing to do with what speed your router can sync at , if your house were closer to the FTTC cabinet and be because of that could be getting 80Mb , you would still be using the same router , in the same location , in the same house , and the WiFi ‘signal’ would not ‘reach’ the third floor, the same as it is now , it’s the WiFi signal strength that’s the issue, not the rate the router syncs at.As said , you need to use some method to improve the WiFi signal to the rooms that currently get a poor WiFi signal ( if shifting the router to a more central position isn’t possible ) , there are several possibilities that can improve things , a router with better WiFi performance, or more likely a way to ‘extend’ the WiFi to the rooms that currently have poor reception0
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Keithy13 said:Mesh wifi is the most reliable way. I use Eero from Amazon (not the cheapest but strong signal right around the house and past the end of the garden). Tenda Nova one on ebay for around £40
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403549264342?epid=26023038328&hash=item5df56919d6:g:dF0AAOSwOxtiNG1s&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4Eg9q1WA4Vh9LP/8tWaQshpCk7XjgA4ZX0WjAhYEuFahAtLr4wpqfBfpMxmkagqu4Vrevmcn5hKETK6wbdAiaG68BhV6l7/ubJL++gS+tsdSBu8nTO7ExB66zpKIAFPxztENyNpEVjy0Odal2bJVvEusCWEJRfwoJPhQU7dxvQX3sSmtRz7RoXOUqK4Lub7N2GjiZ4u6qUpYHBnaZSo/a4aTSKgeoJjKjLuv7waqn415eyqXPQrjM97ej8rGJXzUpPwA0kbNw5yD33dWlnrQfPXCbZasiBHW29YT0a7UfWt5|tkp:Bk9SR-zS6ISHYg&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=10000 -
I can only say that since I got mine the coverage is the whole house and garden, I can move between rooms without losing connection and drop outs are so infrequent that I can't remember the last one. At 36 mbps it should be OK for normal use, might be a bit of a struggle if heavy use such as gaming.
In a three storey house I would suggest one node on each floor.1 -
Leodogger said:My daughter has a 3 storey house and can't get a reliable internet signal on the 3rd floor of the house, what is the cheapest way to boost the signal to the 3rd floor ?1
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flavione74 said:Leodogger said:My daughter has a 3 storey house and can't get a reliable internet signal on the 3rd floor of the house, what is the cheapest way to boost the signal to the 3rd floor ?0
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You have two issues to deal with. One is the speed of your broadband. Personally I don't think a 36mb connection will be fast enough to cope with the requirements you mention above. Streaming on one device would be ok but not two or more streaming videos or gaming at the same time.
Secondly, the Tenda Nova mentioned above is the basic model and would also be able to cope with one person streaming but not two or more.
So I see two potential bottlenecks to you achieving an acceptable connection for 4 people at the same time.
It has been mentioned above about installing a network cable from the router on the ground floor up to the second. You can plug that into your other router and get a solid connection that way, but can you get a cable up there? If yes then that should solve your wifi issue as the users up there could either connect via WiFi or by plugging into the router itself.
Once you have a good internal connection for everyone you will then know if your 36mb broadband connection is good enough.1
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