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Wifi extender - TP Link

  • 27-08-2015 8:40pm
    #1
    needinghelp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭


    OK, this might be a stupid question but here it goes!
    I recently got set up on UPC but the wifi wasn't great upstairs.
    I bought the TP-Link Powerline Extender and now upstairs is great but downstairs is poor.

    Am I to select the UPC connection when downstairs and the TP-Link when upstairs? I read I should turn the wireless option off on the router but that hasn't made a difference to the speed.

    Anyone have one of these or similiar that can help?


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  • #2
    srsly78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Just set the passwords and name for both networks to be the same. Device should connect to which ever has best signal.

    If you turn the wireless off downstairs, then of course the signal downstairs will be poor!


  • #3
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    needinghelp wrote: »
    OK, this might be a stupid question but here it goes!
    I recently got set up on UPC but the wifi wasn't great upstairs.
    I bought the TP-Link Powerline Extender and now upstairs is great but downstairs is poor.

    Am I to select the UPC connection when downstairs and the TP-Link when upstairs? I read I should turn the wireless option off on the router but that hasn't made a difference to the speed.

    Anyone have one of these or similiar that can help?

    I'd also recommend getting a better router, the one UPC provide is terrible.


  • #4
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    srsly78 wrote: »
    Just set the passwords and name for both networks to be the same. Device should connect to which ever has best signal
    This can be extremely hit and miss depending on the stickiness of the client. I have heard that iOS devices tend to cling on to an AP until the signal is almost completely lost. My Android clients are at best OK at picking the most powerful access point. For our planned house it's gonna be a proper access point side solution, probably ubiquiti unifi.


  • #5
    needinghelp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭needinghelp


    Thanks for the replies.


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