how to extend the wifi range

[android fun]

its 2018

i have high speed 150 internet in the house the wi-fi reaches the garage but not very well. its not that far from the house. i put a tv in the garage and brought out the buzz 3000 it connects but cuts out looses signal.

anyone have any good recommendations on how to boost the wi-fi so i can stream in the garage.
i think i need a repeater but i don't know what brand is best or actually works. i'd like to hear first hand.

thanks for the help or suggestions.

[dishuser]

its 2018

i have high speed 150 internet in the house the wi-fi reaches the garage but not very well. its not that far from the house. i put a tv in the garage and brought out the buzz 3000 it connects but cuts out looses signal.

anyone have any good recommendations on how to boost the wi-fi so i can stream in the garage.
i think i need a repeater but i don't know what brand is best or actually works. i'd like to hear first hand.

thanks for the help or suggestions.

get an asus 4-in-1 or 5-in-1

[android fun]

okay thanks
what about placement?

do i put it in the garage? or just upstairs by the closest window?
i'm going to try tonight to see if i even move my isp router just upstairs to see if that will that do anything.

[dishuser]

okay thanks
what about placement?

do i put it in the garage? or just upstairs by the closest window?
i'm going to try tonight to see if i even move my isp router just upstairs to see if that will that do anything.
my modem router was in basement so I put the 4-in-1 in dining room
I got 4 bars in garage

[mechanicman]

Just use a powerline set that sends internet through the electrical grid.

[android fun]

What about this router i see it on kijiji for 50 bucks

ASUS RT-N66R Wireless Dual Band Router

[android fun]

Just use a powerline set that sends internet through the electrical grid.

Will that work out to my garage so i can stream tv?

[dishuser]

What about this router i see it on kijiji for 50 bucks

ASUS RT-N66R Wireless Dual Band Routeryou need one that can repeat
if you have an older linksys you can put ww-drt on it and it has repeater option

[The Noof]

Will that work out to my garage so i can stream tv?

I never had much luck with them myself:tried several brands.Not stable enough for me.
DU has a good suggestion.
We have a larger home & experienced a similar problem to your own.I installed 2 high-gain antennas on the router & improved throughput by 50% outside on our deck.Just another option that may work for you.

[android fun]

Du

Can you send me a link to what you recomend.


I was wondering with the one i posted. I have the hard wired to my buzz in the living room.

If i could use that to hard wire into the router then repeat from there to the garrage?


Can it work like that?

[dishuser]

Du

Can you send me a link to what you recomend.


I was wondering with the one i posted. I have the hard wired to my buzz in the living room.

If i could use that to hard wire into the router then repeat from there to the garrage?


Can it work like that?
you don't connect router to router hard wired
you do it thru wifi and set as a repeater of the first router

[android fun]

so i found an old router..........asus RT-n12

set up in the repeater mode. it says on the one page

Parent AP status :
Connected
Band: 2.4GHz
Link rate: 130 Mbps
RSSI: -56 dBm


the link rate i assume is it being connected to my isp router.

when i sit by the asus and do an internet speed test with my cell phone i get between 15 and 20 mbps
but when i go to the garage i only get 2 and its maybe 100 feet away. i moved the router to my bathroom window when i tested.

so my isp router is almost just below the bathroom floor. so really this is the closest.


now if i found a better router i assume i should be able to get that wifi speed up?

was looking around and saw some routers for gaming wifi. but i don't want to pay 300 for a router.

there is this at a store near me for 80.00
D-Link Amplifi Wireless AC1200 Dual Band Router - Black - DIR-822


or on kijiji

TP-LINK ARCHER C7 .......for 50


but will they make a big difference?

[dishuser]

https://www.asus.com/Networking/WL330gE/
that's the one I use
it's about as big as a small pack of smokes
at 100' I get 4 bars of signal
I got lucky and bought mine on kijiji for $30

[Terryl]

I use "Amped Wireless" routers, they are some of the highest powered routers you can buy, I run one into an omni directional antenna mounted outside and it covers about 3 acres with full strength on the laptop.


https://www.ampedwireless.com/rta1900.html

[mechanicman]

Will that work out to my garage so i can stream tv?

I been using powerlines for years. Hook up one powerline to router and second one anywhere you have an outlet.. from second one you have clean internet that you can either plug into a iptv box or a router or access point..
this is one i started using for installs.


https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Powerline-Adapter-Starter-TL-PA4010KIT/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1524018455&sr=8-4&keywords=tp+link+powerline&dpID=313X4NZpaDL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

[greenphantom61]

you don't connect router to router hard wired
you do it thru wifi and set as a repeater of the first router

By doing it this way you'll loose half your bandwidth (i.e 54 mbps down to @ 27 mbps), if you cascade them (hard wired from 1 of the 4 LAN ports on main router to 1 of the 4 LAN ports one the secondary router (NOT The WAN port! .... and you can disable WAN input on secondary router) you can retain the 54 mbps speed. If 27mbps is fast enough for what you are doing then it saves running a wire between routers. If you are using "newer routers" (Wireless-N or above) then half speed shouldn't be an issue

[android fun]

so my update.

i bought a router off kijiji for 40 dollars, its only a router they said it could do the repeater but it cant.

i hard wired it in my living room. well now my wifi is great for our phones and i went to the garage and did an internet speed test with the buzz 2000 i have out there, ill put the 3000 eventually

got 12 mbps in there. tried again tonight but with the garage door open and it was 35 mbps......lol
cable internet is always up and down.


will be great in the summer should still be okay with the door closed too.7
but i will keep watching the kijiji to see if i can get an even better one to see if it can get better.

[Terryl]

This is why I use the high powered Ampedwireless routers, I get full speed no matter where I am on the property.

They may be a bit expensive but they work, you can also add high gain omni or directional external antennas to increase the range, they also offer repeating functions.

[android fun]

now i want to really try that one I'll start to save my pennies



ohh its 140.00 on amazon.ca

tempting

[Terryl]

Check out this stuff from them.


https://www.ampedwireless.com/family/repeaters.html

[Arlo]

Has anyone pondered DD-WRT or Tomato firmware for their routers? An el cheapo used Linksys, Cicsco router laying around is a prime candidate. I'm blowing wifi to a garage with a re-purposed dish from my house about 250 feet away and signal is great. Bandwidth and speed is very good.
There are many ready to go repeaters out there but the most fun thing is flashing custom firmware in old routers and opening up what should have been there in the first place. For free!

[mechanicman]

I just set this up for sending internet from one house to the other, probably around 800 feet distance.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HG1CTDW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[android fun]

what is the download speed at the second house?

[mechanicman]

what is the download speed at the second house?

well they have 25 to 30 mbps and at other house i see the same speed. It really does work great so far. I had to watch a few youtube videos to help me to set it up.

[android fun]

so your isp is 25 mbps and the second house is getting the same so no loss?


i'm just saying because i have 150 and would like to get more then 25 to the garage thats what im getting now i think

[mechanicman]

so your isp is 25 mbps and the second house is getting the same so no loss?


i'm just saying because i have 150 and would like to get more then 25 to the garage thats what im getting now i think

yes seems no loss on second house. you can do some research on point to point.

[Terryl]

It's not getting to the garage with high enough speed, but getting back from the garage to the router with enough speed.

Remember this is a two way street, the router may be seen with enough speed buy the computer (or other WIFI device) out in the garage, but is the data from that device getting back to the router at the same speed?

Using a high powered router at the house and a high powered WIFI device at the garage will fix a lot of connection speed problems.

Out in my shop (1000 feet from the house) I now use an Amped Wireless UA 1000 directional (directional antenna) USB WIFI adapter on the laptop, it lets me see the house and gets the data back to the house without any speed loss. (the shop also has metal walls)

[PapaPete]

As mentioned by a previous poster, I use a D-Link network extender. One unit is at my router and the other plugs into a normal socket anywhere. The provided network cable connects it to my tv box and gives me a LAN hookup which is stable and fast. No worries about wifi speeds.