How Can I Get Better Ping In Certain Parts of my house?

[stanleymanley123]

Recently, I moved my computer to the upstairs part of my house, usually I would get 50 - 70 ping from downstairs (where the router is located) but now since I've moved further away from the router I get 100+ ping. I've bought a wireless repeater so I can plug an ethernet cable into my computer, but the connection is still pretty bad. Is there any quick fix?

 

[USAFRet]

An ethernet cable from the router to the PC.
WiFi is very environmentally sensitive.

 

[stanleymanley123]

An ethernet cable from the router to the PC.
WiFi is very environmentally sensitive.

Is there anything else besides this? Or is this the only option?

 

[USAFRet]

An ethernet cable from the router to the PC.
WiFi is very environmentally sensitive.

Is there anything else besides this? Or is this the only option?

Well..if your PC sees a crappy signal from the router, a 'repeater' will see exactly the same crappy signal.

Options? A powerline or MOCA solution.
Powerline pumps the signal through the house wiring.
MOCA pumps it through the house coax lines, if that is already installed.

Either of those are far better than WiFi.

 

[DeadlyDays]

a complicated setup that will probably introduce more problems than it solves, setup a network bridge halfway in between.

Also, remember to face the flat part of the antenna, if either side has one, towards each other. The flat part is where the single broadcasts, not the pointy part. Remove things that introduce interference(electronics, older TV's(CRT's) are bad, microwaves), and put the router so there are few physical things in the way. The worst things to have in the way, Metal, thick stone, metal, metal, uhm, a lot of stuff, metal.

 

[Mattymoo142]

Powerline is amazing.