Reply to: Crummy iPad WiFi in garage

[eek]

over the weekend someone commented about a similar issue.

Back door open perfect signal

Back door closed hardly any.

[minestrone]

I was also thinking about that, presumably this would involve linking two routers/hubs via ethernet? No idea if the Sky hub has settings for this, or if you even need to do anything on the primary hub, but I'm sure Google will tell me.

We do now have a mains-network for inside the house so my other option is to sling a cable to the garage and get a mains->wifi adapter. As winter draws in I may have to do this just to be able to use my bike in the garage, obviously having WiFi broadcast inside the garage would solve the problem.

Ethernet straight out of the modem and it goes into a dedicated internet port on my asus router, I would be pretty sure that all modems (even sky) would offer a bridged mode and then you just stick the username and password into the router.

I stay in a fairly substantial sandstone semi with a modern extension beyond a sandstone wall, wifi has been a bit of a pain. I'm going to get the newer asus one that has wireless ac, about 130 quid I think.

[doodab]

I was also thinking about that, presumably this would involve linking two routers/hubs via ethernet? No idea if the Sky hub has settings for this, or if you even need to do anything on the primary hub, but I'm sure Google will tell me.

We do now have a mains-network for inside the house so my other option is to sling a cable to the garage and get a mains->wifi adapter. As winter draws in I may have to do this just to be able to use my bike in the garage, obviously having WiFi broadcast inside the garage would solve the problem.

You could also consider getting an access point that works on PoE and running an ethernet cable.

[d000hg]

MY thinking now with these things is to set the modem into bridged mode and pass on the wireless and everything else to a higher quality dedicated router with a bit of balls.

I was also thinking about that, presumably this would involve linking two routers/hubs via ethernet? No idea if the Sky hub has settings for this, or if you even need to do anything on the primary hub, but I'm sure Google will tell me.

We do now have a mains-network for inside the house so my other option is to sling a cable to the garage and get a mains->wifi adapter. As winter draws in I may have to do this just to be able to use my bike in the garage, obviously having WiFi broadcast inside the garage would solve the problem.

[minestrone]

MY thinking now with these things is to set the modem into bridged mode and pass on the wireless and everything else to a higher quality dedicated router with a bit of balls.

[vetran]

For some curious reason, some of those external antennas come with some incredibly fat 50 ohm cable & an N plug.

Then you have to spend another £10 on an N to SMA adaptor.

<Zeity in "I've been caught like that before" mode.>

radio hams?

[eek]

in which case your router has an internal aerial so range will be limited.


install heat seeker and see how badly limited. I suspect up to 30 feet when hell freezes over.


You can buy repeaters with external removable aerials. Then if its still bad then add an external aerial. You just plug these in to a network port and set up another wireless ssid.

TP-LINK TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender - Repeater - external | eBay

TP link seem popular for things like DD-wrt so are probably fairly advanced for the price.

Argos do those and I've had them in the past. It does have a tendency to forget what its repeating once in a while though.

Internally though these are good value. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=1&s=computers

[vetran]

in which case your router has an internal aerial so range will be limited.


install heat seeker and see how badly limited. I suspect up to 30 feet when hell freezes over.


You can buy repeaters with external removable aerials. Then if its still bad then add an external aerial. You just plug these in to a network port and set up another wireless ssid.

TP-LINK TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender - Repeater - external | eBay

TP link seem popular for things like DD-wrt so are probably fairly advanced for the price.

[d000hg]

look at the bit where an aerial is attached..

There isn't one.



And on closer inspection, neither does the router I used when I was with O2 either.

[eek]

Sorry for the dumbo question but I've seen some of these online before:



My router doesn't have a hole that shape, where is the aerial supposed to plug in? All I've got are ethernet sockets!

look at the bit where an aerial is attached..

[d000hg]

with eBay you can get an external antenna waterproof and pro looking for a few quid

2.4GHz High Gain 25dBi RP-SMA WLAN WiFi Booster External Directional Antenna | eBay

Sorry for the dumbo question but I've seen some of these online before:



My router doesn't have a hole that shape, where is the aerial supposed to plug in? All I've got are ethernet sockets!

[vetran]

try this on a laptop, will give you a real idea of where the signal stops.


HeatMapper | Free Wi-Fi coverage mapping for homes and small offices.


its better than fumbling about like a teenager in the back of a car.

Cantenna:

MAKE | Pringles Can Antenna Turns 10

with eBay you can get an external antenna waterproof and pro looking for a few quid

2.4GHz High Gain 25dBi RP-SMA WLAN WiFi Booster External Directional Antenna | eBay

[d000hg]

Pringles tins are widely respected as good for making WiFi signals more directional.

The more expensive option is mains ethernet.

Very expensive when you don't have mains

I never heard the Pringles thing, anyone?

[Dominic Connor]

Pringles

Pringles tins are widely respected as good for making WiFi signals more directional.

The more expensive option is mains ethernet.

[alluvial]

Test the connection with something non-Apple. I have no problems connecting to either of my routers but the various iPads and iPhones in the house are always having problems.
A quick Google seems to indicate that there may be some problems with Apple software but I haven't looked into it as I just say they should have bought Android.