If I could ask some technical advice about wi-fi in a house.
My family has just moved into a new house this week*. The old house we lived in was 1 story and about 1200 sq ft, and the cable modem/router could reach the entire house (especially the parts we had computers in) easily.
The new house is 2000 sq ft, 2 stories, and has a lot more coverage issues. We don't have a place that we can easily hook up the modem/router and get coverage everywhere. Right now we have it so we have coverage in the living room so the main TV can get Netflix. . .but that leaves the computers in the bedrooms without (reliable) wi-fi.
Wi-fi beyond the living room is sketchy at best, my computer can connect to it, but it's very low bandwidth and high latency, even routine web surfing is questionable at best, much less the MMORPG's I play. Snaking CAT5 around the house would be awkward to say the least.
The cable company has said to put separate cable modems/routers in the rooms with computers would each cost an entire separate internet plan (i.e. ~$70/month, plus cost of the modem), so that's right out.
Right now my desktop is running on tethering to my cell phone, but my plan isn't unlimited so this is a temporary fix at best.
I'm asking everyone for solutions for getting robust coverage throughout the house. I've heard about signal boosters/relay devices, but I'm not sure what kind I need or if that's what I need.
*My long-running thread about how I was fired illegally from my government job for taking time off for military duties? Yeah, the settlement/back pay I got from that a few months ago basically bought my family a new house, this is about that house.
My family has just moved into a new house this week*. The old house we lived in was 1 story and about 1200 sq ft, and the cable modem/router could reach the entire house (especially the parts we had computers in) easily.
The new house is 2000 sq ft, 2 stories, and has a lot more coverage issues. We don't have a place that we can easily hook up the modem/router and get coverage everywhere. Right now we have it so we have coverage in the living room so the main TV can get Netflix. . .but that leaves the computers in the bedrooms without (reliable) wi-fi.
Wi-fi beyond the living room is sketchy at best, my computer can connect to it, but it's very low bandwidth and high latency, even routine web surfing is questionable at best, much less the MMORPG's I play. Snaking CAT5 around the house would be awkward to say the least.
The cable company has said to put separate cable modems/routers in the rooms with computers would each cost an entire separate internet plan (i.e. ~$70/month, plus cost of the modem), so that's right out.
Right now my desktop is running on tethering to my cell phone, but my plan isn't unlimited so this is a temporary fix at best.
I'm asking everyone for solutions for getting robust coverage throughout the house. I've heard about signal boosters/relay devices, but I'm not sure what kind I need or if that's what I need.
*My long-running thread about how I was fired illegally from my government job for taking time off for military duties? Yeah, the settlement/back pay I got from that a few months ago basically bought my family a new house, this is about that house.
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