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Suggestions for BOOSTING my wifi signal to guest house?
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Date: November 27th, 2022 9:55 PM Author: Bronze Plaza Persian The way my house is set up the cable company could only install the modem/router in one particular area. Unfortunately that area (in our living room) isn't ideal for transmitting signal to our cottage, where I'm building an office. Cable company is useless in troubleshooting and suggests the only option to guarantee Internet coverage in our guest house is to buy another monthly Internet subscription and have a modem/router set up there. Thoughts on this? We tried extenders and they're not good.
Can I just run a really long ethernet cable from the modem in the main house to the guest house (directly to an extender there?) |
Date: November 27th, 2022 10:00 PM Author: jet dashing kitty cat You can run an Ethernet cable from your main house to your cottage (assuming they are close enough) and set up another old router as an access point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552050) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:07 PM Author: Bronze Plaza Persian Awesome. Thank you! I am going to do this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552073) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:14 PM Author: vermilion hot sex offender 100m max. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552089) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:00 PM Author: Deep Citrine Dog Poop Kitchen Try EERO Pro 6 or whatever the current version is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552052) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:08 PM Author: Bronze Plaza Persian how is it better than the wifi extenders I have now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552075) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:19 PM Author: Deep Citrine Dog Poop Kitchen I don’t feel like explaining it because it’s technical and I’m not in the mood but this article I skimmed through explains the gist of it I think https://networkshardware.com/repeater-vs-mesh/
When I moved into my house that had a setup the same as yours covid happened and I worked in the guesthouse. The Wi-Fi extender I had worked fine for about the first year but then cable company had outage for a day and after that extender was choppy as fuck. Couldn’t even hold court during a conference call. I bought a mesh (short) network and it’s worked great since then. Just place a node at the closest part of the house to the guesthouse. |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:06 PM Author: Supple Startling Chapel Are you one of those dumb goys that gets his modem and wifi router from the fucking cable company?
Buy your own modem and router. Place router in ideal place.
Run Ethernet cable from modem to router. |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:08 PM Author: Topaz diverse codepig range i used to be a bring your own-mo but verizon doesn't charge extra for their FIOS router and it's actually decent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552079) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:10 PM Author: Supple Startling Chapel They probably frame it as a monthly "discount" if you use your own router. This way you don't even realizing you they're charging you $10 / month for the router.
You can always use your own modem and router.
This may vary by state law though. |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:16 PM Author: vermilion hot sex offender AT&T fiber does not allow byod. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552097) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:17 PM Author: Topaz diverse codepig range an $18/mo router rental fee is actually on my bill at the moment, but there is a corresponding $18/mo discount, so i don't pay anything for it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552101) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:19 PM Author: blue passionate national trump supporter One weird trick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552105) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:49 PM Author: Supple Startling Chapel See what happens after a year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552183) |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 1:38 PM Author: nudist hideous karate Uncontrollable irl lulz at this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45554470) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:13 PM Author: blue passionate national trump supporter If you dont want to run network cable all the way, Get an outdoor wifi access point and put it on the outside of your house pointed at the bldg
I have one sending wifi to our garden like a half mile away and it works good |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:26 PM Author: autistic concupiscible newt rehab Get a kit of these so you are future proof + cat7 or better backhaul.
https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/WRX560 |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 10:03 AM Author: autistic concupiscible newt rehab If you don't want to do MESH, you could just get an outdoor wireless bridge. Make sure it is true wifi6+:
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-EAP610-Outdoor-Seamless-Multiple-Controller/dp/B0B231J81C/
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:29 PM Author: Sticky beady-eyed ticket booth Get some conduit and seal the joints and run some waterproof cable through it and bury it in a trench from your house to the cabin. Something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Shielded-Waterproof-Ethernet-trueCABLE/dp/B01JAVN3Y4/ |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:31 PM Author: vermilion hot sex offender if you cant run cable due to distance, look at something point to point if you have pretty good line of sight. something like ubiquiti air max. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552134) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:36 PM Author: blue passionate national trump supporter They make direct burial ethernet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552145) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:37 PM Author: vermilion hot sex offender yea he actually linked direct bury cable lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552149) |
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Date: November 27th, 2022 10:38 PM Author: Sticky beady-eyed ticket booth That is direct burial. You still want conduit for critters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45552153) |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 9:39 AM Author: ivory shivering goal in life Brother I think that's direct burial ethernet. But he'd also need a crimping tool to attach the connectors. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45553242) |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 9:40 AM Author: ivory shivering goal in life He'd need one of these, too
https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Through-Crimping-End-Pass-Through-Connectors/dp/B07T69GMCM/ |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 9:51 AM Author: Sticky beady-eyed ticket booth Or punch down plates
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C3WJ12M |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 9:58 AM Author: autistic concupiscible newt rehab could also use these guys' POE solution. https://www.fastcabling.com/product/300-meters-direct-burial-poe-ethernet-extension-kit/
https://www.fastcabling.com/wp-content/uploads/catalog/FASTCABLING_Product_Catalog.pdf |
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Date: November 28th, 2022 9:42 AM Author: Ultramarine racy place of business Not sure what kind of distance you’re talking about but mesh routers work really well and are easy to install (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243087&forum_id=2#45553256) |