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Advice on what wifi mesh setup I need for my home please
Hi I'm hoping someone can advise me on which of the various Netgear systems I should buy to best suit my home wifi needs, and solve a problem I currently have of poor signal throughout my house. My...
Hi FURRYe38
Thanks for the reply
The router is on the top floor of the house. I cant move it somewhere else, as that is where the phoneline comes into the house.
In sq ft terms, the house is ca 3,000 sq ft.
The issue I think is to do with the volume of very thick granite in the walls, which presents a significantly stronger barrier to airborne signals, and therefore difficult to compare with a "normal" brick house.
Is the 30-feet measure as the crow flies (ignoring walls etc) ? Sorry for my ignorance on this subject.
Hello Campbell,
Honestly, the best investment for the hardy earned money would be to figure out options to install some network cables. What comes into my mind can be tubing as in use for a TV antenna installation, is the phone wire really coming into the house on top from a pole, is there an area where the AC power rings on each floor are feed from the distribution panel, ... Minimum would be one network able to each floor, from a central point, yes, e.g. from near the phone wire hand-over point, and where thee is the best chance that a future fiber installation would happen. This is an investment into the next decades, while just swapping tech might be for a year or so.
Then we can talk about the tech boxes - it does not have not be expensive.
Regards,
-Kurt.
PS: Just heading to for network-wiring a cold war bunker ex. Swiss Army.