My cable router (from Virgin ISP) sits behind the TV, on a stand that has a PC under it and next to all that is a subwoofer. We've recently got my Wii out and put that next to the router too!
Yep, not the best place but the next best place is on the floor.
Did try it on a windowsill next to all that but made no difference.
There is one room, which I'm beginning to think was build with shielding in mind, that doesn't really get a strong signal. It's barely 1 bar on the phone. With little effort, it'll disconnect completely.
Between this room and the router as the crow flies, there's a large chimney and door. The room doesn't have particularly thick walls though.
Next to this room (and further away from the router) is another room that I have a TP Link AV600 in. As far as I'm aware, that takes internet through the electrical cables in my house and provides a wired connection to something, as well as pumping out a bit of WiFi?
I guess it's not a WiFi extender in that it picks up the existing signal and boosts it but uses the internet it gets through the plug socket?
I think this will be the only way to get some WiFi in the first room.
I did try buying a tplink Ac1200, which got my WiFi speed up from 43Mb to 100Mb (the latter is the max of what I get wired), which was great but really disappointed with the reach of it.
It was sitting on top of the sub next to the other router but the room is the opposite direction of all that.
I may try it again but in a new position.
I don't really want to have to buy 4 new network cables (the ones I have connecting everything to the current router are only short - 1 metre or so) unless there's a nifty gadget I can plug both ends of a cable into?
Any advice?
Sorry it's a little long.
Yep, not the best place but the next best place is on the floor.
Did try it on a windowsill next to all that but made no difference.
There is one room, which I'm beginning to think was build with shielding in mind, that doesn't really get a strong signal. It's barely 1 bar on the phone. With little effort, it'll disconnect completely.
Between this room and the router as the crow flies, there's a large chimney and door. The room doesn't have particularly thick walls though.
Next to this room (and further away from the router) is another room that I have a TP Link AV600 in. As far as I'm aware, that takes internet through the electrical cables in my house and provides a wired connection to something, as well as pumping out a bit of WiFi?
I guess it's not a WiFi extender in that it picks up the existing signal and boosts it but uses the internet it gets through the plug socket?
I think this will be the only way to get some WiFi in the first room.
I did try buying a tplink Ac1200, which got my WiFi speed up from 43Mb to 100Mb (the latter is the max of what I get wired), which was great but really disappointed with the reach of it.
It was sitting on top of the sub next to the other router but the room is the opposite direction of all that.
I may try it again but in a new position.
I don't really want to have to buy 4 new network cables (the ones I have connecting everything to the current router are only short - 1 metre or so) unless there's a nifty gadget I can plug both ends of a cable into?
Any advice?
Sorry it's a little long.