[Technology] Advice Wi-Fi booster

[1066familyman]

In a lot of cases all boosters do are share a bad connection around the house.

Pre fibre, yes. If your signal is already weak and slow a booster won't actually 'boost' it. Just move it around, as you say.

But with fibre and speeds of over 30mg and then some, they now become a good option again I would have thought.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I'm confused about the bit where you say you hard wire the other two deco's in to the ethernet switch. How does that work? I thought only the master unit has to be connected by ethernet and the other units receive the signal from that wirelessly?

Am I misunderstanding?

It’s a choice, the other units can boost the same WiFi picking up the WiFi of the main unit, but they do work a lot better/faster if you can hardwire each unit. I had the house rewired anyway, so at the time put some cat6 in.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

But with fibre and speeds of over 30mg and then some,

Think you might have mixed up your messages and may have just asked your dealer for 30Mb/s of something.

 

[The Clamp]

Pre fibre, yes. If your signal is already weak and slow a booster won't actually 'boost' it. Just move it around, as you say.

But with fibre and speeds of over 30mg and then some, they now become a good option again I would have thought.

Agreed

 

[WATFORD zero]

Looking at this one, is it with the extra?
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I've got that exact one and it's been excellent since I put it in, even get good connectivity in the Garden

 

[1066familyman]

It’s a choice, the other units can boost the same WiFi picking up the WiFi of the main unit, but they do work a lot better/faster if you can hardwire each unit. I had the house rewired anyway, so at the time put some cat6 in.

So you have ethernet ports in other parts of the house now due to rewiring and you then hard wire your other deco units into those ports? And those ethernet connections in the other parts of the house run off of the ethernet switch?

I'm trying to paint pictures in my mind, but not doing it very well I think

Oh how I long for the days of the Omsung Phine. It's in discussions like this that I really miss BG.

 

[1066familyman]

Think you might have mixed up your messages and may have just asked your dealer for 30Mb/s of something.

That'll be the fecking Amitriptyline talking I'm afraid

 

[Bold Seagull]

So you have ethernet ports in other parts of the house now due to rewiring and you then hard wire your other deco units into those ports? And those ethernet connections in the other parts of the house run off of the ethernet switch?

I'm trying to paint pictures in my mind, but not doing it very well I think

Oh how I long for the days of the Omsung Phine. It's in discussions like this that I really miss BG.

So yes, I have several Ethernet ports next to power sockets in several rooms. The cables from these all go back to 1 room where I have the router and switch. Its a 16 port switch. Each Deco unit therefore gets the full BB capacity to turn into the mesh WiFi. Previous to rewiring the house I used to use powerline adapters. I should probably try the mesh units unplugged and see what kind of drop off there is if they’re just picking up each other’s WiFi.

 

[upthealbion1970]

I've got that exact one and it's been excellent since I put it in, even get good connectivity in the Garden

Coming tomorrow, fingers crossed it’ll stop the little shits having tantrums [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[LamieRobertson]

I bought a Joowin dual band Wi-Fi booster/extender just before Xmas….easy to set up and more than pleased with performance

 

[upthealbion1970]

Quick update, even with my non existent IT skills this arrived on Monday and all connected in about 15 minutes. No dead spots and more importantly no moaning crotchgoblins.

Thanks for the advice [emoji1303]

 

[PeterOut]

Quick update, even with my non existent IT skills this arrived on Monday and all connected in about 15 minutes. No dead spots and more importantly no moaning crotchgoblins.

Thanks for the advice [emoji1303]

Thanks for the update, and glad it went well. Which one did you go for in the end - the Tenda? If so, which model / package?

 

[upthealbion1970]

Thanks for the update, and glad it went well. Which one did you go for in the end - the Tenda? If so, which model / package?

Got the Tenda I put a picture up of, MW5s 3 pack