Calling all Wi-Fi buffs.

[Slime]

I'll keep this as brief as I can.
My office is being moved into a converted, brick built stable.
It's around 30yds from a house with the router in an upstairs room that faces toward the office.
The house belongs to a mate of mine who is happy with me using his Wi-Fi.
The office building has two stud walls and a set of large wooden doors between my laptop & the house.
My Wi-Fi reception is extremely weak and often drops out completely.
What's my best option to obtain a decent, reliable signal without hard-wiring the thing?


Slime.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Buy two Ubiquiti Nanos and link from the router to your office

 

[guest100718]

Cough up for your own wifi?

 

[Rooter]

Is there a circuit breaker in the outbuilding or does the power go back to the houses fuse box? Seeing if powerlines would be an option...

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Buy two Ubiquiti Nanos and link from the router to your office

Wot 'e said Power line networking would be the best solution here IMHO.

http://www.diy.com/departments/tp-l...53_BQ&ef_id=UnkReQAAAHgMq7-S:20150303144557:s

 

[Slime]

Buy two Ubiquiti Nanos and link from the router to your office

Thanks Phil, I'll look into that as soon as I can.

Cough up for your own wifi?

Thanks for your input, very constructive!

Is there a circuit breaker in the outbuilding or does the power go back to the houses fuse box? Seeing if powerlines would be an option...

The electrics are totally separate from each other.



Slime.

 

[woody69]

You could just buy a simple WiFi booster. It may work

 

[Rooter]

So leccy powerline things are no good.

Two choices really, booster or buy your mate a new wifi router that is stronger. either way, neither are ideal. Boosters while OK are not amazing, and if the router currently is already positioned well, you are not going to gain much!

Is there an option to run CAT5 cable from his house to the office?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Also will depend on how much your willing to spend

As I posted earlier about the nano stations they will cost around £60 to £80 but will give you solid connection

The distance isn't too much so cat 5/6 from his rooter is no issue bar the ground between and what sort of health and safety issues that could cause.

 

[Slime]

Boom ........................ problem solved.
I bought a Netgear Extender for £29.99 and, where I was getting a maximum of two bars of connectivity and usually none, I now get a constant five bars with an excellent signal strength!
So, for £29.99 and the occasional pint of beer, I get unlimited usage tapping into my mate's router ........................ at least until he moves house!
Happy days.


Slime.

Oh, and thanks for all your advice guys :thup:.

 

[CMAC]

is this it? http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/comput...1939!&ef_id=VKqMgAAAAKCQ1Djc:20150320171440:s

as you are on a different electricity ring I didnt think that would work, or does it work differently?

 

[Rooter]

I expect it is or similar Colin. I have the same type, it doesn't use mains. It picks up the wifi signal, then replicates it.

 

[Slime]

is this it? http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/comput...1939!&ef_id=VKqMgAAAAKCQ1Djc:20150320171440:s

as you are on a different electricity ring I didnt think that would work, or does it work differently?

Yup, it's exactly that ...................... and it works superbly well too!
These are also called repeaters, as they catch the wifi signal from the router and then re-transmit it to dead areas.
It was also very simple to set up too.
Basically, it's plugged in next to the router and, via the WPS buttons, it synchs itsself to the router's signal.
Then it's removed and plugged in around halfway between the router and the dead spot.
All that's left is to connect the device to the appropriate network .................. bingo.
Domestic wiring is not used, which is good, because I'm on a different supply to the guy who's router it is.
I hope this helps.


Slime.