this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
1 points (66.7% liked)

Home Networking

198 readers
1 users here now

A community to help people learn, install, set up or troubleshoot their home network equipment and solutions.

Rules

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

My friend , let's nake him CC, recently rented a room in an apartment. Rooms 1-4 are other tenants. There is wifi in the apartment, located next to the entrance labeled A

He and his companion OL stays in room 5. The wifi signal is only decent when they leave the room door open. But they prefer to keep the door closed for privacy. That when the wifi signal dips and becomes unbearably slow.

Any ideas how to "boost" the wifi signal/performance without modifying or touch the WiFi router at point A?

I was thinking of "hanging" a wifi receiver on the side of the door that faces the landlord's wifi router at the entrance, run the cable between the gaps between the door and the door frame and into the room, and connect an AP to broadcast the wifi signal received from the landlord's wifi router. Any advice on this thinking of mine?

Their rental least is 1year, so nothing permanent and easily disassembled would be great.

At first I was thinking of recommending them using a pair of powerline adaptor from one end to the other, but seeing that the apartment isn't that new, I reckon the electrical wireing is less then suitable.

In sort, how to "pickup" the signal from wifi router at "Point A" and broadcast in "Room B" it may or many not be using the same ssid of the landlord's wifi router that's broadcasted.

Something like: Wifi Router @ Point A -------------> wifi receiver ----------> wifi router/AP in room 5/point B

What will I need in all for the setup I'm thinking of.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why not just get a wifi repeater and place it as close as possible to your room door?