Reply to: Extending Wifi

[Support Monkey]

Hi

I used a netgear wn2000rpt to extend the wireless in my house. Works really well. You can pick them up for £30 and up.

Hope this helps.

Netgear Universal WiFi Range Extender: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Running 2 PCs constantly from my office then occasionally other devices as well, never missed a beat even when watching Iplayer/movies from my server, and took about 2 minutes to setup although i am not using the extender i am just connecting back to my router

[Vandalay]

I purchased a netgear wifi extender recently. Works a treat and very easy to set up. Looks exactly like a regular router.

[Durbs]

Can I assume that a couple of cheap powerline adapters are out of the quesiton?

This. Powerline adapters are much quicker and more reliable than wireless, I've just updated mine to the latest Netgear pass-thru ones so I dont lose a plug socket (the 4 gang plugs into the powerline adapter itself) and they are superb, HD streaming no problem, couldn't do that with my wireless setup and they dont zap me with cancer rays.

[empirenet]

WiFi Extender

Hi

I used a netgear wn2000rpt to extend the wireless in my house. Works really well. You can pick them up for £30 and up.

Hope this helps.

[scooby]

Not true. I have a pair of Solwise Gbit plugs at the moment they have a little button on them. all you do is plug them in press the bottons and they are encrypted. No apps no fuss. working very well.

Mine didnt have that option... Plus to replace them is £30+ and the wifi routers where £12 and 1 on its own is better than my sky supplied box.

For some odd reason, I've only updated the firmware on the box causing me issues. It had a moment and has been running great for 2hrs now... Weird.

[bobspud]

Is there a cheap easy way to do this? I have a bit of a lame wifi network as it is, and when i move to a bigger house, will need to extend across 3 floors. Currently for streaming media i use those power plug things which use the electric cables. but they are RJ45, and every one I've seen, the app doesnt work with Macs so I cant encrypt the network etc.

I have old routers lying around, is it possible to bridge (or whatever you call it) and extend it that way? If so, how?

Boring Sunday morning means I'm finding time to sort the bits I've wanted too...

Not true. I have a pair of Solwise Gbit plugs at the moment they have a little button on them. all you do is plug them in press the bottons and they are encrypted. No apps no fuss. working very well.

[pmeswani]

Can I assume that a couple of cheap powerline adapters are out of the quesiton?

[russell]

I had an spare home hub as they gave me a new one when I moved house, just put one up stairs one downstairs, gave them different SSIDs and conncted them with a cat 5. I gave the one not connected to the phone socket a static local ip also.

[scooby]

Hang on, its all gone tits up!!

worked for about 15mins then started going funny... Sys light is constantly flashing on the AP upstairs and when the equipments connects via the AP upstairs, it loses the connection.

The walk through is done on an old firmware, which one I dont know. Going to try and use the latest version and upgrade the firmware now...

[scooby]

Drop what you currently planning as extending none identical routers is a nightmare.

Get 2 or three of these and read the review by Paul Howell for how to instructions.

Plug the first one where the router currently is and strategically place the others where you need them. I have one in the garage and one in the library ( it was a room but is now really a corridor to the extension).

Given that they are in stock I'll pick up another one as a spare backup.

Just got round to doing this today! 23 mins of set up (running round the house etc...) and wifi is excellent in every part with no black spots...

Cheers Eek

[scooby]

I can only talk about my network (which is virgin media cable). the only cable is from the cable modem router (working as a modem) to box 1 (behind the telly). Box 2 and 3 are then tucked away in suitable locations with no cables connected to them at all.

In case that is not clear enough the entire wifi network uses nothing but those tenda boxes.

Perfect, and that is my purchase of the day then!! Now, if only could speed up the tulip broadband speed i can get... 3mb is v tulip!

[eek]

So they dont need hardwire to main router (sagem in that description) or each other? I'm trying to avoid wires around which is surely the point of Wifi!?!

I can only talk about my network (which is virgin media cable). the only cable is from the cable modem router (working as a modem) to box 1 (behind the telly). Box 2 and 3 are then tucked away in suitable locations with no cables connected to them at all.

In case that is not clear enough the entire wifi network uses nothing but those tenda boxes.

[scooby]

Drop what you currently planning as extending none identical routers is a nightmare.

Get 2 or three of these and read the review by Paul Howell for how to instructions.

Plug the first one where the router currently is and strategically place the others where you need them. I have one in the garage and one in the library ( it was a room but is now really a corridor to the extension).

Given that they are in stock I'll pick up another one as a spare backup.

So they dont need hardwire to main router (sagem in that description) or each other? I'm trying to avoid wires around which is surely the point of Wifi!?!

[eek]

Drop what you currently planning as extending none identical routers is a nightmare.

Get 2 or three of these and read the review by Paul Howell for how to instructions.

Plug the first one where the router currently is and strategically place the others where you need them. I have one in the garage and one in the library ( it was a room but is now really a corridor to the extension).

Given that they are in stock I'll pick up another one as a spare backup.

[VectraMan]

Use a proper computer to set the encryption, and then even a Mac will be able to work.

If you've got a pair of WiFi routers it should be as easy as connecting them together with an ethernet cable (or via your powerline connectors), and then turn off DHCP on one of them.