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Need powerful wifi Solution for cement walls with Mediacom cable
I need help.
What is the best solution to get powerful wifi on single level cement wall home with Mediacom cable internet. One room with direct site line access to the modem gets a good signal but second bedroom not in direct site gets 10% of what the other bedroom does. If I move the router middle of living room neither has direct site line but both get OK signal but not good enough for both to game. It seems the signal is bouncing off the cement walls.
What is the best solution to get powerful wifi on single level cement wall home with Mediacom cable internet. One room with direct site line access to the modem gets a good signal but second bedroom not in direct site gets 10% of what the other bedroom does. If I move the router middle of living room neither has direct site line but both get OK signal but not good enough for both to game. It seems the signal is bouncing off the cement walls.
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Best solutions?
1. buy a cement bit and run cable through each room for an access point in each
2. use MoCa adapters (ethernet over coax)
3. try powerline adapters
Cement blocks wifi very well (as you've found out). Wifi broadcast strength has been set for quite a while from the FCC so there isn't any "more powerful" devices for penetration. If you're not renting but owning, investing in a long term solution is a better option
ILoveLucyMN wrote:
I need help.
What is the best solution to get powerful wifi on single level cement wall home with Mediacom cable internet. One room with direct site line access to the modem gets a good signal but second bedroom not in direct site gets 10% of what the other bedroom does. If I move the router middle of living room neither has direct site line but both get OK signal but not good enough for both to game. It seems the signal is bouncing off the cement walls.Would recommend you run Ethernet cables and set up a local network between your router and your devices. Many devices already have Ethernet ports and you would have to purchase Moca adapters if you choose a coax/moca network option.
