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Night hawk Router AC1900 Model R7000 with Extender EX6110
Hi, I have become the resident house IT person due to Covid lockdown (meaning I am out of my depth most of the time). I have a Nighthawk router R7000 located upstairs in my office. Due to Cov...
Block walls are great at blocking wifi.
I'm not surprised you're having issues with a stable signal through those walls.
Even going to an EAX80 isn't going to change much as the basic transmission power of routers/extenders hasn't changed with new standards (actuall decreased with 6E). They've just gotten a little more sensitive and able to operate better on a lower signal.
And the EAX80 is quite expensive.
If you need to get something through 2x brick walls, a better bet might be to check into a powerline setup with a wifi access point like the PLW1000. Or to use a moca adapter (ethernet over coax) to get through the walls.
Block walls are great at blocking wifi.
I'm not surprised you're having issues with a stable signal through those walls.
Even going to an EAX80 isn't going to change much as the basic transmission power of routers/extenders hasn't changed with new standards (actuall decreased with 6E). They've just gotten a little more sensitive and able to operate better on a lower signal.
And the EAX80 is quite expensive.
If you need to get something through 2x brick walls, a better bet might be to check into a powerline setup with a wifi access point like the PLW1000. Or to use a moca adapter (ethernet over coax) to get through the walls.
Get the WiFi Analyser app on your (android) phone or windows computer and read the signal strengths directly at the different locations.
sktn77a wrote:
Get the WiFi Analyser app on your (android) phone or windows computer and read the signal strengths directly at the different locations.
Good thinking.
Get as much evidence as possible, and play around with what you have now, especially before you splash out on an expensive Mesh extender.
