Boosting the WiFi Signal ?

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Hi All
Presently i live in a granny flat, back of my folks property, and i want to boost my wifi to their home from my router....
I still want to use my router's features, pacifically Bandwidth Control.

Below is a diagram of the range i want to get:-
HOUSE.jpg

My router is a TP Link 8980
My Internet is 100mDL and 10mUP

Someone has recommended this product

http://www.wootware.co.za/tp-link-re200-ac750-wifi-dual-band-range-extender.html

Im not sure will work, as my signal from my room to main house is not strong enough to get to the device, or maby im not understanding correctly ?

Anyway any ideas and recommendations will be appreciated
spiZ
 
Cat5e solid strand cable, cheap.
4x RJ45 plugs (in case you crimp the first 2 wrong), cheap.
20m 10mm PVC conduit and trunking , you can fit elbows etc if you want to make it neat @ R150 or so for each
Wifi range-extender or spare router @ R0 to R600

Run the Cat5e from your room out side, underground, into the main house up the wall into the ceiling. Make hole in ceiling wherever the range extender or router should go, mount.

WIFI in main house!

All in all it will be 4-6 hours DIY including beer breaks.

xcaliber said:
I use a powerline adapator. Works like a charm.
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Or this. Buy it from Takealot so you can return it if it does not work!
 
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lcbxx said:
Cat5e solid strand cable, cheap.
4x RJ45 plugs (in case you crimp the first 2 wrong), cheap.
20m 10mm PVC conduit and trunking , you can fit elbows etc if you want to make it neat @ R150 or so for each
Wifi range-extender or spare router @ R0 to R600

Run the Cat5e from your room out side, underground, into the main house up the wall into the ceiling. Make hole in ceiling wherever the range extender or router should go, mount.

WIFI in main house!

All in all it will be 4-6 hours DIY including beer breaks.
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This or if you dont want to run cable and if your Granny flat is on the same DB, can try using power-line adapters.
some come with wifi if not you will need another router in the main house for wifi.
 
Try and play around with the Wi-Fi channel settings.
Sometimes a specific channel can be congested or just give poor speed.
Get something like Wi-Fi Analyzer for your phone to see what channels is open and signal strength.
 
xcaliber said:
I use a powerline adapator. Works like a charm.
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I have my own circuit board in flat, not sure if this will work...?

The extender i been recommended (TP-Link AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE200)), can i still use my router's functions with it ?
 
spizone said:
I have my own circuit board in flat, not sure if this will work...?

The extender i been recommended (TP-Link AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE200)), can i still use my router's functions with it ?
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Ah, might then be a problem. As above: place some cat5e
 
Run Shielded/Grounded UV cable and put additional access point in main house, you will end up spending more time supporting wireless and powerline adapters than on just running the cable, it can be run on the surface of a wall or through a garden for instance.

Cheap to replace as well.
 
PBCool said:
Run Shielded/Grounded UV cable and put additional access point in main house, you will end up spending more time supporting wireless and powerline adapters than on just running the cable, it can be run on the surface of a wall or through a garden for instance.

Cheap to replace as well.
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I have a brand new Microtik router board i got with my package similar to this rb750upr2-1.png.
Can i run a cable from my router to this router in main house and use new router for my folks wifi access ?
 
spizone said:
I have a brand new Microtik router board i got with my package similar to this View attachment 415428.
Can i run a cable from my router to this router in main house and use new router for my folks wifi access ?
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On the config side you can do in numerous ways, if you are using a mikrotik in your building, the house can connect to a separate port with a separate subnet and from there you just us an AP or router of the like in the house.

If you are using a normal WAN router and then use another router in the house linked to a LAN port on your WAN router, then you have a double NAT scenario.
 
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