Using a different router

[Stickfigure]

Hi all

So I've finally gotten fibre installed (YAY) however the WIFI signal is terrible on the router I received from Afrihost. I get about half the coverage in my house than I did with my old LTE router.

I have a spare Vodacom fibre router sitting at work. If this router has better WIFI signal, would it be possible to take this router, plug it into my ONT and use it? Or do I have to use the router that I got from Afrihost?

Thanks

 

[netstrider]

Hi all

So I've finally gotten fibre installed (YAY) however the WIFI signal is terrible on the router I received from Afrihost. I get about half the coverage in my house than I did with my old LTE router.

I have a spare Vodacom fibre router sitting at work. If this router has better WIFI signal, would it be possible to take this router, plug it into my ONT and use it? Or do I have to use the router that I got from Afrihost?

Thanks

Yes, you can use any router.

Who is the FNO?

 

[backstreetboy]

Hi all

So I've finally gotten fibre installed (YAY) however the WIFI signal is terrible on the router I received from Afrihost. I get about half the coverage in my house than I did with my old LTE router.

I have a spare Vodacom fibre router sitting at work. If this router has better WIFI signal, would it be possible to take this router, plug it into my ONT and use it? Or do I have to use the router that I got from Afrihost?

Thanks

Did you get the Huawei router?

 

[Stickfigure]

Yes, you can use any router.

Who is the FNO?

Awesome. FNO is Octotel.

Did you get the Huawei router?

Yeah the Huawei WIFI AX3. All this talk about WIFI 6 but the signal is terrible. My friend has the exact same one and he says his signal is terrible too.

 

[backstreetboy]

Awesome. FNO is Octotel.



Yeah the Huawei WIFI AX3. All this talk about WIFI 6 but the signal is terrible. My friend has the exact same one and he says his signal is terrible too.

Wifi 6 is about speed not distance.

 

[rh1]

Hi all

So I've finally gotten fibre installed (YAY) however the WIFI signal is terrible on the router I received from Afrihost. I get about half the coverage in my house than I did with my old LTE router.

I have a spare Vodacom fibre router sitting at work. If this router has better WIFI signal, would it be possible to take this router, plug it into my ONT and use it? Or do I have to use the router that I got from Afrihost?

Thanks

Same experience when I first got fibre. Used the old vdsl router as an acces point. Ran a 20m lan cable from fibre router to the vdsl router. Change broadcast channels. Get full speed at vdsl router.

 

[Stickfigure]

Wifi 6 is about speed not distance.

I know but what's the point of having amazing speed when half the devices in your house can't even connect because the signal is so crappy.

Same experience when I first got fibre. Used the old vdsl router as an acces point. Ran a 20m lan cable from fibre router to the vdsl router. Change broadcast channels. Get full speed at vdsl router.

Yeah if the spare Vodacom fibre router I have at work isn't better, I'll look at setting up an AP in the house.

 

[Neuk_]

When we moved to our house and reinstalled the fibre line I didn't bother getting the ISP provided WiFi router, I bought my own due to previous experiences with ISP provided WiFi routers.

 

[backstreetboy]

I know but what's the point of having amazing speed when half the devices in your house can't even connect because the signal is so crappy.



Yeah if the spare Vodacom fibre router I have at work isn't better, I'll look at setting up an AP in the house.

Maybe you need to add another router. Use the questionnaire at the bottom https://ax3.afrihost.com/ to see.

 

[Stickfigure]

When we moved to our house and reinstalled the fibre line I didn't bother getting the ISP provided WiFi router, I bought my own due to previous experiences with ISP provided WiFi routers.

I don't blame you.

Maybe you need to add another router. Use the questionnaire at the bottom https://ax3.afrihost.com/ to see.

Meh it says I need 2 :/ The previous ZTE LTE router I had gave me zero signal problems. WIFI picked up all over the house. With this Huawei, downstairs is practically a dead zone.

 

[CrypticZA]

Hi all

So I've finally gotten fibre installed (YAY) however the WIFI signal is terrible on the router I received from Afrihost. I get about half the coverage in my house than I did with my old LTE router.

I have a spare Vodacom fibre router sitting at work. If this router has better WIFI signal, would it be possible to take this router, plug it into my ONT and use it? Or do I have to use the router that I got from Afrihost?

Thanks

The vodacom router might be locked, Vodacom generally tend to lock their routers, so you will have to see if it is locked or not.

 

[AfriNatic]

I don't blame you.



Meh it says I need 2 :/ The previous ZTE LTE router I had gave me zero signal problems. WIFI picked up all over the house. With this Huawei, downstairs is practically a dead zone.

You can play around with the guard interval setting to increase range.

Advance wifi settings > guard interval range