Need WiFi Help

[davisch1]

Looking for some help with potentially boosting my wireless speed or making it more stable. I recently moved into the first floor of an apartment for the summer. My downstairs apartment picks up the wifi, but speeds bounce from 1mb/s download to up to 60 mb/s. My computer is running an ASUS PCE AC56 wireless card with two antennas. I'm wondering if there is any way to boost my signal through the use of a router or something along those lines. I have no access to the main router itself. Also worth mentioning, there is a cable outlet right next to my computer. So maybe I could run internet through there somehow? Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. Thx.

 

[kanewolf]

Relative to your PC, where is the WIFI source? Above you? If so, that is part of the problem. WIFI is designed to radiate horizontally more than vertically.

A coax cable could benefit you if you were permitted to hook a MOCA adapter to main router and get it down to your apartment. You might be able to use a powerline adapter to get connectivity.

 

[davisch1]

My WiFi is upstairs, I believe on the second floor. I am on the first floor. I looked into MOCA adapters but figured that's not an option since you need one for the main router as well, which i win don't have access to.