wired wifi extender

studdlymurphy · 09-04-2017 05:33PM #1

Hi all,
My house has thick walls and the router is placed on one side of the house. I want to run cat 5 cable from it to the other side of the house and connect a wifi extender. The cable is needed for the dlistance as the wireless signal loss is a lot. What device can I connect as the extender? Could I use an old eir come router?
Any suggestions?
Thanks

The high horse brigade · 09-04-2017 05:50PM

Get yourself an access point like this which can even be ceiling mounted
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-Networks-UAP-AC-LITE-Access-Point/dp/B016K4GQVG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491760190&sr=8-1&keywords=unifi+lite

studdlymurphy · 09-04-2017 07:22PM

Will it work wired to my primary router? Or is it a wireless repeater?

The high horse brigade · 09-04-2017 07:24PM

Yes, an access point is what you need and that is one of the best you can buy at a very decent price

studdlymurphy · 09-04-2017 07:34PM

I don't doubt that but will it connect permanently to my primary router and then act as an extension of the network? If so I'll have it

dev100 · 09-04-2017 07:45PM

j4vier wrote:

I'm trying to pay for vrt, and I'm in a hurry to do so, but during the inspection I was told that they would get back to me with a price within 10 days. This was last Friday.

Buy yourself a TP link .... Great device. Basically depending on model you can use both wires and wireless. Comes in 2 parts + Basically plugs into your electrical socket in the wall and you connect into the back of your router. It uses your electrical wiring a connector /conductor and you then plug the 2nd part into any socket anywhere else in house and it becomes a wireless emitter or you can connect via Ethernet .

I was sceptical at first but it works a treat. Harvey Norman's and the like sell them

The high horse brigade · 09-04-2017 07:57PM

If they work. Homeplugs are completely hit or miss and depend on the quality of your electrical circuit to do a job it's not intended for. YMMV

DivingDuck · 09-04-2017 08:14PM

dev100 wrote: »

Buy yourself a TP link .... Great device. Basically depending on model you can use both wires and wireless. Comes in 2 parts + Basically plugs into your electrical socket in the wall and you connect into the back of your router. It uses your electrical wiring a connector /conductor and you then plug the 2nd part into any socket anywhere else in house and it becomes a wireless emitter or you can connect via Ethernet .

I was sceptical at first but it works a treat. Harvey Norman's and the like sell them

Had this system in place for a year or so and had to ditch it recently. Non-stop drops, kick-offs, slow speeds, etc. It was driving me nuts. Eventually bought some cat-5e cable, an Apple Airport, and a lot of those little nails with plugs to attach the cable to the skirting boards.

I haven't had any issues with connection dropping since, and I am getting 40mbps+ consistently. Given my experience, I would definitely recommend you save yourself the bother and hassle of trying powerline adapters and just get some cabling and a router or access point like the one first linked.

cram1971 · 09-04-2017 08:23PM

I have had this problem in my own house, it's not that big about 2600sqft, but lots of concret, I have tried lots of options high powered ap's, wifi extenders, they all sort of worked but not seemlessly and there were still black spots. About 2 years ago I bought 4 of the unifi AP's and I have not looked back, devices roam seamlessly I have added outdoor units to cover the front and back garden. Brilliant piece of kit. I have since put it in work also easy to setup guest networks also.
https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap/

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