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Backhaul issues in difficult building
I work in an old building with a mix of cinderblock and drywall walls (mostly cinderblock though). We've had issues with wifi forever for obvious reasons, but in 2019 it was decided that we had to fi...
I'm pretty sure powerline was attempted in the past with poor results, but that was with different routers. Since we have something semi workable with Orbi now, adding that might be enough to give it the boost it needs. A lot of the wiring is outside the walls in metal conduit (or buried in the cinderblock) and circuitry is weird due to add ons to the buiding over the years, but that's definitely something simple enough to try! Thank you.
We do have wired IP cameras that they ran in plastic wiremold, and we've had a lot of issues with it falling down. I don't know if that was poor installation or just the nature of our walls, but it was one of the things brought up when they said that they wanted wifi with no wiring. That's something to consider for sure though.
schoolwifi wrote:We do have wired IP cameras that they ran in plastic wiremold, and we've had a lot of issues with it falling down. I don't know if that was poor installation or just the nature of our walls, but it was one of the things brought up when they said that they wanted wifi with no wiring. That's something to consider for sure though.
People often attempt to stick plastic wiremold to the walls using double-sided tape. I might be tempted to use construction adhesive and maybe a concrete nailgun every so often. If someone suggests going across the roof and down into rooms (through the roof), say "I'll get back to you a year from never."