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Boosting wifi in a large house

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    #21
    Should add I haven't installed it 'properly' yet it's just chucked ont top ot wardrobe

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      #22
      If the house has telephone sockets which you aren't using because you have DECT etc, you can fit ethernet sockets to the telephone wiring. Whilst telephone cable doesn't meet the ethernet standard for short runs you can get away with it - and 100mbps only needs two pairs, so can be done over 4-core telephone cable.

      This way you can fit a hard-wired access point without using Powerline if you have problems with Powerline.

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        #23
        Don't forget that when you set up the new wifi to give it a good name...
        These are some brilliant names for your wifi if you want to annoy your neightbours | The Poke
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          #24
          Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
          An advantage of having three separate wifi's is that you can change the password on the one the kids like to use in their rooms if you need to sanction them for something.
          get a decent router and sanction them via that

          https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.ph...s_Restrictions

          Then Miss V1 gets a ban but Miss V2 doesn't.
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #25
            we use a wifi extender in the east and west wings.

            it got bloody tiring having to drive the golf cart 300ft to the other side of the house

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              #26
              At the moment we have gone with the tin foil solution. When twins are down for half term we will see how happy they are. If they are still not happy then I will try the extender.

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                #27
                Huawei WS320 extenders are good. My router is at front of house but can use my tablet in the greenhouse about 80ft down back garden.
                bloggoth

                If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                  #28
                  After sitting in the garden yesterday and wishing the wifi reached to the other end, this thread has inspired me to dig out an old router and give it a try.

                  As soon as the clouds go that is. More like rain than shine today.
                  Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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                    #29
                    After sitting in the garden yesterday and wishing the wifi reached to the other end
                    That's an idea, I must see if mine reaches right to the bottom of the garden where my little pond is, though probably plenty of frog's porn in it already.
                    bloggoth

                    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                      #30
                      I use BT powerline extenders that have wifi repeaters built in. Work fine.

                      I think the new Sky Q boxes act as wifi boosters too, so could be an option if you have Sky.

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