1WiFi signal extenders.

[dewsweeper]

Just hoping some one on the Forum could advise on the above gizmos.
Am with Virgin broadband and fairly satisfied with them,however when using my Samsung Galaxy 10.1,I keep getting dropout.
Would a Netgear range extender be a suitable option?
Thanks
Dewsweeper

 

[sawtooth]

Just hoping some one on the Forum could advise on the above gizmos.
Am with Virgin broadband and fairly satisfied with them,however when using my Samsung Galaxy 10.1,I keep getting dropout.
Would a Netgear range extender be a suitable option?
Thanks
Dewsweeper

Perhaps you could ask Virgin to send you a new box, tell them that its not working properly. Hopefully you get to keep the orginal wireless router. Then (if you can) cable the routers together via one of the LAN ports. Place the routers as far as you can apart (and nearer to your Samsung device). The 2nd router should have DHCP disabled, all clients/devices connected on this router will grab an IP address from the main router plugged into the telephone line.

This will work a treat if you dont mind running Cat5 cable to a second box.

Use the same ESSID (network name) and encryption for both routers but select different channels from 1,6 and 11.

I have assumed that your Samsung device is some distance from your original router and that you have tried changing channels already.

 

[Rooter]

I have one of these: http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/EX6150.aspx

The only thing worth mentioning outside of it works, extended my wifi to my garage (office). It doesn't broadcast the same SSID, so you will not get a seamless handover moving out of range of one and into the other. Doesn't bother me as i leave wifi off on my phone now! 4G is faster than my fiber broadband!!

 

[Hacker Khan]

Just hoping some one on the Forum could advise on the above gizmos.
Am with Virgin broadband and fairly satisfied with them,however when using my Samsung Galaxy 10.1,I keep getting dropout.
Would a Netgear range extender be a suitable option?
Thanks
Dewsweeper

May be a silly question but has this always happened or has it happened after upgrading android? I had 2 devices that when they upgraded to android lollipop they really struggled to get the Wi-fi signal, where as before they were fine. May have been a huge coincidence, but I don't think it was. I ended up getting a BT Wi-fi home hotspot extended that uses the wires in your house. Works great.

 

[KhalJimbo]

Just hoping some one on the Forum could advise on the above gizmos.
Am with Virgin broadband and fairly satisfied with them,however when using my Samsung Galaxy 10.1,I keep getting dropout.
Would a Netgear range extender be a suitable option?
Thanks
Dewsweeper

A range extender will only work if your device is close to the limits of being in range of receiving a signal from your router. When you are connected where you get drop off, how many WiFi bars are on your tablet? Also, do you drop off when sitting in the same room as the virgin router?

 

[dewsweeper]

Thanks for your replies.
A little complicated for my old brain cells but I will try the BT option and use the house wiring.
Dewsweeper

 

[sawtooth]

Hope you get it sorted. If its a coverage issue then adding a repeater or second access point will help but if its and interference issue thats another matter.

The problem with Wifi is that everybody around you probably has it plus other interfering non-802.11 devices can use the same spectrum such as baby monitors, video senders, cordless phones, security PIR's. Another source of interference are microwave ovens, it doesnt take much leak from a 900W oven to interfere with Wifi devices operating on less than 100mW.

Do some wireless video streaming and stand next to your operating microwave oven you might see what I mean

 

[Rooter]

To follow up from Sawtooths post, a decent tool to check whats going on around you (specifically your neighbours wifi) download this http://www.inssider.com/ and have a look at what channels everyone is on. Most will never have changed from standard, so you may find a channel that is relatively quiet. Only use channel 1, 6 or 11 as these are the only ones that dont cross over with each other. You may look and see ten wifi routers within range all on channel 11, allowing you to set yours on the quite channel 1.

 

[sawtooth]

To follow up from Sawtooths post, a decent tool to check whats going on around you (specifically your neighbours wifi) download this http://www.inssider.com/ and have a look at what channels everyone is on. Most will never have changed from standard, so you may find a channel that is relatively quiet. Only use channel 1, 6 or 11 as these are the only ones that dont cross over with each other. You may look and see ten wifi routers within range all on channel 11, allowing you to set yours on the quite channel 1.

And avoid temptation to use other channels 2,3,7,10,etc , infact if someone near you is using these channels have a nice word with them because if say you are on channel 1 and your neighbour is on channel 2,
then both of you will suffer adjacent channel interference and you lose around 80% of your potential throughput.

 

[dewsweeper]

Thanks again for all the replies.
Now my head is really spinning!
Margaret is much more computer savvy and is going to look at experimenting with channels.
Dewsweeper