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

Edit: Thanks all for your replies!

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Echoing everyone here, I have a mesh setup in my house with thick plaster and lathe walls, and it’s good enough.

    Problem areas:
    Outside. We have aluminum siding, and it helps and hinders. Signals outside the house can’t really get in at high strength, so the Wi-Fi frequency range is clear. Same problem though, I don’t get signal in my backyard. This was fixed by putting an access point near a window.

    My first floor ceiling is metal. (Looks like copper underneath the paint). Signal doesn’t want to go upstairs. Solved by putting access points near the stairwell both up and down.