I have an extender already, but it’s a cheap one and bandwidth sucks. Any success stories?

Edit: Thanks all for your replies!

  • @Majestic@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    You could look into MOCA adapters if the house has existing coaxial cable installed through walls for an old cable TV system. Plug an extra access point or two in and connect back to your main router via a few sets of adapters. It can cost a bit up front but it’s pretty reliable and if you buy old used 2.0 models you can save some money. (Just make sure they’re the same manufacturer)

    Otherwise your options would be power line adapters to access points (bad, lots of chance for interference, neighbors adding a heavy appliance could break it).

    Or nicer extending units located more closely together though if your walls are masonry or brick that may not help.

    Also, inelegant and I hate to mention it but you could buy long, flat Ethernet cables, run them along the baseboards with the special retaining staples and connect that way to access points, though it does require space of a few cm door clearance in every doorway it has to traverse. Also flat cables technically violate Ethernet spec for preventing interference but in most single family homes interfere isn’t a big issue away from power supplies and runs so it would probably be okayish.

    • @chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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      610 months ago

      I have a large, old house that has been extended twice. So some of my interior walls are like 1.5 ft thick brick. I needed a good mesh network and went with Ubiquiti. Getting them meshed was an ordeal, and even when I managed it, it wasn’t stable.

      Someone told me about MoCA, so I tried that. Figured it wouldn’t work as well as they said and I was very wrong. They work so well, and are easy to setup.

      I’m a huge proponent of these things now.