Wireless Extension

Spipov

Hi everyone.

I have to set up wifi around the parents' home. Before people say to go for powerlines, unfortunately upstairs and downstairs are actually 2 separate electricity boxes, therefore the lines do not communicate.

Powerlines are out. sounds daft, but ive tried and doesnt work. its an odd setup, im not getting into this.

the router is upstairs, and i need to extend downstairs. its a huge house, therefore, im thinking to cover bases, i might need 2 repeaters, which repeat on each other.

Router > Repeater 1 > Repeater 2.


I dont need huge speeds. they only use it for light browsing and the occasional skype.

im looking at these 2:

do people have any thoughts on them, and can i daisy chain them easily?


Thanks


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-EX2700-300Mbps-Wi-Fi-Extender/dp/B00NIUHAG6/ref=sr_1_120?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1420018959&sr=1-120&keywords=wifi+extender


http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WA850RE-Universal-Extender-Configuration/dp/B00AHXXJVW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top



I dont mind any other suggestions. Thanks for the input!

ED E

Spipov wrote: »

I have to set up wifi around the parents' home. Before people say to go for powerlines, unfortunately upstairs and downstairs are actually 2 separate electricity boxes, therefore the lines do not communicate.

Powerlines are out. sounds daft, but ive tried and doesnt work. its an odd setup, im not getting into this.

Not too abnormal, more common with granny flats but not unheard of.


You really would be better off wiring it down with CAT5e/6, at least half way anyways. As WLAN noise goes up and up and device loads increase it makes sense to do the work now to save future headaches.


If you're determined to go with a wireless solution though, go for something better than a basic repeater. If you repeat it twice bandwidth will be at best 1/3 of original and troubleshooting can be difficult. Go for a wireless AP with decent antennas that can wireless bridge and transmit a fresh network from its point onwards. Then repeat that for the third area if required.

Spipov

ED E wrote: »

Not too abnormal, more common with granny flats but not unheard of.


You really would be better off wiring it down with CAT5e/6, at least half way anyways. As WLAN noise goes up and up and device loads increase it makes sense to do the work now to save future headaches.


If you're determined to go with a wireless solution though, go for something better than a basic repeater. If you repeat it twice bandwidth will be at best 1/3 of original and troubleshooting can be difficult. Go for a wireless AP with decent antennas that can wireless bridge and transmit a fresh network from its point onwards. Then repeat that for the third area if required.

Do you have suggestions for the equipment that would be needed for this?

this is the scenario?


Wall > Router 1 > Lan Cable > Router 2 (upstairs) > Via wireless > Wireless Extender 1 only?