| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 127000 | 2012-09-29 00:17:00 | Network Coverage Issues | Chemical Ali (118) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1304028 | 2012-09-29 00:17:00 | Hi All We have a large 2 story house with 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas and a lot of floor space! I'm having significant wireless access issues both upstairs and downstairs. Due to a variety of factors the ADSL modem/router is situated downstairs in the study which is is one of the corners of the house. Access through to the other living area (downstairs) is very weak even though its only seperated by 2 walls and a 2 metre corridor. Access upstairs is also rather weak though not quite as bad. I've tried an extender (Linksys RE1000) but after a promising start when I resighted it the damn thing won't set up properly again and is trying to make it's own network and knocks out access to the main home network. I've looked at other options such as: Powerline networking [heard/read so much conflicting info about the effectiveness of this] laying a 10-15 metre cable to a switch in the other downstairs living area (not popular idea with the wife) 2nd phone line with ADSL account upstairs Any suggestions/comments?? |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 1304029 | 2012-09-29 00:23:00 | Have you got a phone jack in a more central point you could move the modem to. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1304030 | 2012-09-29 00:27:00 | No unfortunately. And if I get one installed then I lose the ability to plug in 2 of our laptops via ethernet cable as they are based in the study with the ADSL modem/router. | Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 1304031 | 2012-09-29 00:35:00 | How about a wi-fi booster thingy from Dick Smiths, I think I've seen one in there. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1304032 | 2012-09-29 00:44:00 | No unfortunately. And if I get one installed then I lose the ability to plug in 2 of our laptops via ethernet cable as they are based in the study with the ADSL modem/router. Don't the laptops have wifi? |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1304033 | 2012-09-29 00:45:00 | Is it possible to use the Thomson ADSL modem/router (that's been replaced by my new Netgear ADSL modem/router) as a wi-fi extended by disabling its DHCP functionality? | Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 1304034 | 2012-09-29 00:57:00 | Yeah they do but was wanting to limit the strain on the modem/router by not having too many devices accessing it at once. | Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 1304035 | 2012-09-29 02:07:00 | Try setting the Linksys up again. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1304036 | 2012-09-29 04:12:00 | I've looked at other options such as: laying a 10-15 metre cable to a switch in the other downstairs living area (not popular idea with the wife) Any suggestions/comments?? That would be the most economical and reliable option, though. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1304037 | 2012-09-29 06:34:00 | That would be the most economical and reliable option, though. You haven't met my wife ..... |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||