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Expand Range of RAX80?
My son moved his rig into our 1909 garage, moving from 1000 bit wired connection to WiFi. He can barely get a signal. Our house is wood frame, the back of the house is wood and sheet rock, the orig...
Like GabboCH mentioned, a hardline is going to be the best. They key thing that you said was plaster lathe. This is amazing at blocking wifi signals. some of the older houses also used foil lined insulation. This is also great at blocking wifi signals. You could have the best extender possible in the garage or on an interior wall but if the plaster lathe is between and/or foil lined insulation, its going to be an issue. You need to get something hardwired through there. This could be a ethernet connection, a MoCa adapter, or potentially even a powerline device. Then put a router in ap mode or an extender connected to that.
plemans wrote:
This could be a ethernet connection, a MoCa adapter, or potentially even a powerline device.
I'd start by investigating Powerline Ethernet.
He might even be able to bypass wifi completely.