Wifi Options

Topbike77

I recently sold my desktop and bought a laptop in place of it. I would keep my pc plugged in via ethernet so I never really worried about wireless. Now I need to setup my network so that I can get full bars in each room if possible. I have Eircom efibre and get about 60mb via hardwire and 30mb via wifi but that ranges (I have the bog standard efibre modem)
So at the moment I'm weighing my options as to what I can do. What would the max speed be over wifi with wireless n? I would imagine ill need two routers as I have a fairly big house with thick walls and I don't know if I can justify paying that much for two ac routers.

Anyway any advice much be much appreciated!

bealtine

Ronan14 wrote: »

I recently sold my desktop and bought a laptop in place of it. I would keep my pc plugged in via ethernet so I never really worried about wireless. Now I need to setup my network so that I can get full bars in each room if possible. I have Eircom efibre and get about 60mb via hardwire and 30mb via wifi but that ranges (I have the bog standard efibre modem)
So at the moment I'm weighing my options as to what I can do. What would the max speed be over wifi with wireless n? I would imagine ill need two routers as I have a fairly big house with thick walls and I don't know if I can justify paying that much for two ac routers.

Anyway any advice much be much appreciated!

Well wifi is not the solution...
Perhaps powerline adapters?

kaahooters

Wirless n won't get you amd speed, wirless ac would be close.
If your anyway techie wate till the end of the month and get a linksys wrt 1900 ac router and bridge off the sitcoms one.
You'll still need an acess point or 2 in diffrent spots in your house to get full coverage.
The only ac acess points that is use are the unifi ones
http://www.ubnt.com/unifi
Now to set it up right for ac wifi and to upgrade your laptop to ac is gonna be €800!!!!!!
But you'll be unlikely to have to change the setup for 5ish years.

Or you could just get cheap tp link extenders and set them up around the house for like €100 and have to replace them every 18 months for better speeds.

Topbike77

kaahooters wrote: »

Wirless n won't get you amd speed, wirless ac would be close.
If your anyway techie wate till the end of the month and get a linksys wrt 1900 ac router and bridge off the sitcoms one.
You'll still need an acess point or 2 in diffrent spots in your house to get full coverage.
The only ac acess points that is use are the unifi ones
http://www.ubnt.com/unifi
Now to set it up right for ac wifi and to upgrade your laptop to ac is gonna be €800!!!!!!
But you'll be unlikely to have to change the setup for 5ish years.

Or you could just get cheap tp link extenders and set them up around the house for like €100 and have to replace them every 18 months for better speeds.

I have a mac with built in ac so theres no problem in that regard. Why the Linksys 1900? It seems allot more pricey compared to other ac routers.

Topbike77

bealtine wrote: »

Well wifi is not the solution...
Perhaps powerline adapters?

Ive tried them before but they seemed to slow down drastically when it rained. I don't know if thats a common problem or not.

kaahooters

Ronan14 wrote: »

I have a mac with built in ac so theres no problem in that regard. Why the Linksys 1900? It seems allot more pricey compared to other ac routers.

It is a very powerful router,www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vENQGc7ZE, not out till the 24th april but it should be the best router for a few years, yes , IIT is very expensive, but, he hardware in it should mean I'll last and be powerful enough for a few years.

The reason for the suggestion is, well, insted of sending you to build your own, or get an enterprise grade one, its a consumer level router, but, its got enterprise level hardware, and shouldn't get any problems with it.

Again, do some research on the suggestions yourself, my suggestions might not be what you want to use, but more options can't hurt.

Topbike77

Cheers! I am open to opinions I wonder if I got this router would there be a need for extenders? It would seem powerful enough to cover my house...