Increase Wi-Fi Range

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  pjetson on 07/08/2015 - 11:03

  +2

  To increase the coverage in your house, the simple answer is that you need better antennas or more access points (connected by ethernet cable to your modem/router).

  Range extenders have their own limitations.

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  hashtagbargain on 07/08/2015 - 11:07

  +1

  The problem with wifi extenders is that they are unstable and halve your bandwidth.

  Try getting a more powerful router. I can recommend you trying the Airport Extreme. Im sure there are other routers that are as good at a cheaper price point, you can give them a try if you want to.

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  montorola on 07/08/2015 - 11:21

  I heard good things about the Archer D7 from TP-Link; might be worth looking into.

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  Davo1111 on 07/08/2015 - 13:39

  I don't like range extenders, you're halving your bandwidth and doubling your [lan] ping.

  Run a cable to another part of the house and plug in another router. Or look at EOP

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  [Deactivated] on 07/08/2015 - 14:39

  You can get wifi that has really high wattage. There's a limit to how high the wattage can go up to legally but I've been told my boss's wifi has a 2km range in his property out back.

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    hashtagbargain on 07/08/2015 - 14:53

    Dont know how that can work in a practical setting - the data may reach the device with a high watt router, but the signals need to make it back too for actual communication! Its not a FM radio :)

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      [Deactivated] on 07/08/2015 - 14:59

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi

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        hashtagbargain on 07/08/2015 - 15:04

        My point was - unless your phone/device has a high power transmitter too, the whole setup will be useless.

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  Geekomatic on 08/08/2015 - 22:54

  I bought the TP-Link D7 modem-router on one of the OZB deals a while back (+ got the free dongle by mail). Set it up in the new place last month— & unbelievably, the room I'm now using as an office, which is only about 30ft away (1 std wall & open doorway between) disconnects my desktop PC frequently. I'm wondering if it's the PC's sh*tty wifi onboard…

  Anyway, I put back the old Netgear DGND3700 & connected back up my Linksys E1500 router which I'd flashed with DD-WRT firmware (thus creating a "wireless bridge")- done! Instant, high-grade signal with live LAN ports, too.

  I still get amazing speed, to boot.

  FYI

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  langford28 on 17/08/2015 - 16:01

  what did you end up going for op?

  i'm in the same boat