Jamie-C
Member
Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
User status: Offline
|
Is there anything I can get to boost a wifi signal around the whole house? I no longer have my own internet and I'm using my neighbours but I can only get a signal in 1 room which happens to be the only room in the house we don't use , would be handy if there is some sort of booster or similar to allow me to get it in any room?
|
Toby
Premium Member
Registered: 29th Nov 05
User status: Offline
|
There are ways but I'm pretty sure you would need access to the original router for anything wirelessly. Others should he able to confirm but effectively if you purchase a wireless signal repeater (about £40) that would do It
|
Munchie
Member
Registered: 17th Jul 01
Location: I swap goats for mobile phones
User status: Offline
|
Change the channel of it maybe?
Oh that would change the speed actually
I use http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
|
Russ
Member
Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
User status: Offline
|
i have one of these http://www.somepc.com/product.php?id_product=26630
was plugging that into mac to pick up btfon, then sharing connection via mac's wifi to my phone.
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Wireless extender/repeater in that room.
|
AndyKent
Member
Registered: 3rd Sep 05
User status: Offline
|
I got a wireless extender and it was the biggest ball ache. Mate help me set it up, worked fine for all of about 2 days then dropping and picking up connections constantly.
Turned the fucker off
|
Brett
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
|
Sounds like you bought an ebay special tbh
|
AndyKent
Member
Registered: 3rd Sep 05
User status: Offline
|
Dlink or something off Amazon. Wasn't expensive but wasn't cheap either.
|
Robbo
Member
Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
stop beign cheap and get a MBB on 30 day rollign contract? not exactly epxensive
[Edited on 15-01-2013 by Robbo]
|
fiestakidda
Member
Registered: 23rd Oct 02
Location: Darlington (Come On Boro)
User status: Offline
|
I have the same problem, have the Virgin Superhub in the living room but the signal drops massively in the bedrooms upstairs.
We use the iPad to watch netflix etc in bed but the signal is terrible.
What would people suggest?
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote: Originally posted by fiestakidda
What would people suggest?
quote: Originally posted by Dom
Wireless extender/repeater in that room.
|
drunkenfool
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
User status: Offline
|
quote: Originally posted by fiestakidda
I have the same problem, have the Virgin Superhub in the living room but the signal drops massively in the bedrooms upstairs.
We use the iPad to watch netflix etc in bed but the signal is terrible.
What would people suggest?
Swapping to an 802.11ac router made a huge improvement on wifi speed in the bedroom on the iPad using 5ghz 802.11n. It went from around 1mbps to 30 mbps :-)
|
Jamie-C
Member
Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
User status: Offline
|
Wireless repeater then, that'll do the job , do I just plug it that's it or will I need access to the router to set it up? As that might be quite difficult
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Shouldn't need to, on the repeater just enter the SSID and WEP/WPA/WPA2/encryption key and it'll do the rest. Only issue you'll have is if your neighbour decides to had MAC filtering, which case you're a bit screwed (unless they're alright with you sharing and give you access)
|
Gavin
Premium Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
had major issues with my BT upgrade to fiber, the router they put in is shite and I couldnt get a stable 1 bar wifi connection from downstairs where the router was to one of the bedrooms.
I bought this
http://www.ebuyer.com/264407-netgear-wn3000rp-universal-wifi-range-extender-wn3000rp-100uks
and put it in the bedroom and get full bar signal
You just plug this into the wall socket, set it up like you do with accessing the original router via wifi, and then connect to the SSID of the extender in the wall socket.
[Edited on 16-01-2013 by Gavin]
pew pew pew pewwwww
|
Toby
Premium Member
Registered: 29th Nov 05
User status: Offline
|
I would just have sacked off the router that bt supply and bought a better cable router.
|