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What device I need to buy? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So i have a router configured as Access Point in the middle of my room, as per diagram. It covers that side of the room perfectly. Behind it is a 'partition' that is 70% solid, 30% air roughly. Router is Netgear AC1350 with 4 antennas.

So, ideally, i would also like for Room A to have wifi as well. At this point, i can get wifi at the very 'top' of the room, maybe like 50% of the time. Sometimes i can get wifi with no problem, sometimes my device can't even see my access point. not sure what causes this fluctuation.

So question is, what do i need to do to bring wifi to Room A? the distance is not that far, prolly 15-20 feet from the AP. Following consideration:

I would like to avoid range extender as it will just as unreliable as my current set up. (right?)
Room A doesn't have ethernet port and I don't want to run cable from the AP to room A

Anything I can do to solve this issue? Ive played around with the antenna orientation, but nothing seems to improve the reliability.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You need a second AP wired back to the router. But be sure to turn down the radio power on it to prevent sticky client when your in the bigger room.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

yeah, unfortunately no ethernet port in room a to allow me to do that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If it's one particular device getting intermittent reception, try using another- maybe download wifi analyzer from the app store to your phone and walk around to see where dead zone(s) in Room A exactly are.

I'd also try moving router to top left of room. One problem is that the signal is not just going through the wall it's going at it at very acute angle, meaning it's going through a lot of wall to get to the couch in room A. Putting it in upper left corner means it will have to cross 2 walls to get to couch but signal is going directly rather than obliquely through wall(s). You may need a long cat6 cable to connect to your ISP-in point to do this, but they're as cheap as chips (<€10).