Cheapest Way to Extend your Router Internet Signal to the 3rd Floor of a house

flavione74

Leodogger said:

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 ?

Bring a network cable and use an access point to broadcast the signal on the third floor, more stable than relying on mesh.

And plug the network cable into what ?   We already have a separate router on the 3rd floor but the signal keeps dropping out and trying to stream a film whilst another person is on a laptop streaming something else on the 3rd floor is nigh on impossible.

How is the router on 3rd floor connected to the rest of the network? And which make/model is it?

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Leodogger said:

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? 

It is needed for streaming TV (Amazon Firestick!) and streaming movies on laptops, there are 4 of us going to be using it, 2 on the top floor of a 3 story house and no it isn't possible I don't think to put it on the second floor since it was installed by the internet provider.   How powerful a broadband service do you need to use it on the top floor, we have 36mps I think.

A broadband speed of 36Mbps is not going to be enough for 4 users to stream movies in anything but SD. The minimum recommended speed for Sky Glass and Sky Stream is now 25Mbps. 

I have a router and 2 wifi repeaters. The key to maintaining high wifi speeds is repeater placement. Even with a mesh, individual devices can stubbornly stay connected to the most distant wifi device with a concomitant reduction in download speed. 

Leodogger

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

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 ?

Bring a network cable and use an access point to broadcast the signal on the third floor, more stable than relying on mesh.

And plug the network cable into what ?   We already have a separate router on the 3rd floor but the signal keeps dropping out and trying to stream a film whilst another person is on a laptop streaming something else on the 3rd floor is nigh on impossible.

How is the router on 3rd floor connected to the rest of the network? And which make/model is it?

Actually my daughter's house is in Spain and my husband has just reminded me that the last time we were there, we were not using a router on the 3rd floor (we were using it at her previous house), we were picking up the signal by wifi in her current house.

flavione74

Leodogger said:

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

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 ?

Bring a network cable and use an access point to broadcast the signal on the third floor, more stable than relying on mesh.

And plug the network cable into what ?   We already have a separate router on the 3rd floor but the signal keeps dropping out and trying to stream a film whilst another person is on a laptop streaming something else on the 3rd floor is nigh on impossible.

How is the router on 3rd floor connected to the rest of the network? And which make/model is it?

Actually my daughter's house is in Spain and my husband has just reminded me that the last time we were there, we were not using a router on the 3rd floor (we were using it at her previous house), we were picking up the signal by wifi in her current house.

If your daughter lives in Spain, surely she's got full fibre broadband, I think they are not selling FTTC/xDSL there anymore.
So if you are picking up the signal from lower floors, best option is to have a network cable and one access point. Or two, maybe using some routers converting them into access points.
If you look on eBay, there are instructions to set the Vodafone hub into an access point.

Leodogger

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

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 ?

Bring a network cable and use an access point to broadcast the signal on the third floor, more stable than relying on mesh.

And plug the network cable into what ?   We already have a separate router on the 3rd floor but the signal keeps dropping out and trying to stream a film whilst another person is on a laptop streaming something else on the 3rd floor is nigh on impossible.

How is the router on 3rd floor connected to the rest of the network? And which make/model is it?

Actually my daughter's house is in Spain and my husband has just reminded me that the last time we were there, we were not using a router on the 3rd floor (we were using it at her previous house), we were picking up the signal by wifi in her current house.

If your daughter lives in Spain, surely she's got full fibre broadband, I think they are not selling FTTC/xDSL there anymore.
So if you are picking up the signal from lower floors, best option is to have a network cable and one access point. Or two, maybe using some routers converting them into access points.
If you look on eBay, there are instructions to set the Vodafone hub into an access point.

I did ask her about running a router up there but she said there is no way to get the wiring up there, she lives in a village house and the walls are about a foot thick lol !   I thought there might be a way to add a booster instead.

flavione74

Leodogger said:

I did ask her about running a router up there but she said there is no way to get the wiring up there, she lives in a village house and the walls are about a foot thick lol !   I thought there might be a way to add a booster instead.

At this point, rather than a booster, I would go for a mesh solution, which wouldn't come cheap though.

Leodogger

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

I did ask her about running a router up there but she said there is no way to get the wiring up there, she lives in a village house and the walls are about a foot thick lol !   I thought there might be a way to add a booster instead.

At this point, rather than a booster, I would go for a mesh solution, which wouldn't come cheap though.

By the way, she was told by her internet supplier of Fibre Broadband that she would get up to 300mbps speed on her internet, she is getting about 30mbps in busy times and up to 50 mbps in quiet times !    I know companies exaggerate their speeds but that is taking the biscuit I feel !    So do you think the Nova Tenda would be a good start and how many units do you feel I would need?

flavione74

Leodogger said:

By the way, she was told by her internet supplier of Fibre Broadband that she would get up to 300mbps speed on her internet, she is getting about 30mbps in busy times and up to 50 mbps in quiet times !    I know companies exaggerate their speeds but that is taking the biscuit I feel !    So do you think the Nova Tenda would be a good start and how many units do you feel I would need?

She's got full fibre at home, so it can't be 'up to'. If she gets 30Mbps, there's either a fault or her provider is congested and would be better to switch.
Regarding the mesh, I think one unit per floor should be a good start.

Leodogger

flavione74 said:

Leodogger said:

By the way, she was told by her internet supplier of Fibre Broadband that she would get up to 300mbps speed on her internet, she is getting about 30mbps in busy times and up to 50 mbps in quiet times !    I know companies exaggerate their speeds but that is taking the biscuit I feel !    So do you think the Nova Tenda would be a good start and how many units do you feel I would need?

She's got full fibre at home, so it can't be 'up to'. If she gets 30Mbps, there's either a fault or her provider is congested and would be better to switch.
Regarding the mesh, I think one unit per floor should be a good start.

She said she is going to complain about it because they are not getting what they promised, problem is no one there speaks English and they don't have an email address that you can construct an email and translate into Spanish.   You just have to wait until someone who speaks a bit of English comes into the office to return your call which is not ideal.

What mesh system would you recommend ?

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problem is no one there speaks English 

The problem is actually that your daughter doesn't speak Spanish. You wouldn't expect an ISP in this country to have Spanish speakers on the call desk.