WiFi - Apartment

Get a router with detachable antennas (TP-Link often are) and get High gain replacements from matrix, they sell TP-Link ones.

I recommend TP-Link Archer series.

Avoid Tenda, Trendnet.
 
Rickster said:
Get a router with detachable antennas (TP-Link often are) and get High gain replacements from matrix, they sell TP-Link ones.

I recommend TP-Link Archer series.

Avoid Tenda, Trendnet.
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Disagree, have had pretty good experiences with Tenda, very good for the price.
 
Rickster said:
Get a router with detachable antennas (TP-Link often are) and get High gain replacements from matrix, they sell TP-Link ones.

I recommend TP-Link Archer series.

Avoid Tenda, Trendnet.
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Why? Are the connectors bad? Have you measured the performance on an antenna test range?
It is virtually impossible to determine the performance differences on antennas connected to a router in a normal home environment and then say this one is better than that one. You could use a coat hanger and the system will still work.

Johnatan56 said:
Disagree, have had pretty good experiences with Tenda, very good for the price.
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:D
 
Geoff.D said:
Why? Are the connectors bad? Have you measured the performance on an antenna test range?
It is virtually impossible to determine the performance differences on antennas connected to a router in a normal home environment and then say this one is better than that one. You could use a coat hanger and the system will still work.
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They are just junk brands, ive tested the high gain antennas on my tplink with my phone app, was good but now much better.
 
Trendnet I do not have a deep understanding of the brand but am sure its similar in that none of them are junk, however they all manufacture some products that perform better than others. Mostly due to the chipset used, and once you start looking at that you will start to see things a bit different.

TP-Link has more market share than Tenda but the partnership Tenda signed with Broadcom went a long way in making them who they are today. Broadcom changed direction so now Tenda routers are no longer predominately made with their chipsets, but they still have some really good products.
 
Rickster said:
They are just junk brands, ive tested the high gain antennas on my tplink with my phone app, was good but now much better.
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You can't say it's a junk brand, you need to talk about the specific product you used. Most brands change quite quickly over time.

I find the tp links are over priced garbage, never got Firmware updates and had to replace it twice to get a good one, and then it sucked compared to my new Tenda for the living room as no beam forming, and it just randomly crashed if more than 14 devices were connected, but that was an archer D6 from 2015 or so, won't hold it against them now, would need a new device to test.
 
Good afternoon
Amplifi instant router and you can add mesh points works like a dream
 
Seems about the same size as my flat.
I used an DSL-AC52U router and it worked just fine signal wise... 4K streams to TV etc.

Then I decided last week to upgrade to a Ubiquiti Amplifi HD (no satellites) just for the looks and that awesome little real-time display (god I love that display and the LED bottom light, did my living room DIY around that router and turned it into a feature instead of that black corner antenna+dust abomination I had before).

Turns out it came with big improvements too, so far it seems way more stable over long periods and for some reason, my WAN IP stopped changing so frequently making it much easier to get through firewalls at work (I hate VPNs).

Everything is also faster.... also, I just realized this afternoon the latest firmware added a DNS ad-blocking feature and it works beautifully on all my network devices, so no need to dick around with setting up a pi-hole.

Honestly, at R2.9K it really is an amazing piece of kit. The only downside is of course not having WiFi 6, but I couldn't care less about that. By the time I replace it someday, I might actually have some Wifi 6 gear to be able to utilize it.

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TPL link mesh router, no futzing around with different bands/APs/repeaters/deadspots and they are pretty cheap now days

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works well even if there isn't cable backhaul as losing at the stations are in range of each other
 
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Dairyfarmer said:
If all else fails you can get a cheap R250 wifeless router and use it as a wifi repeater (cringes and hides in shame for suggesting it). So no cables.
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Friends don't let friends use different AP for the same network in one building :)
 
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Here's some real-world numbers if you're interested.

The AP point power rating is 26dBm.
All tests performed using my OnePlus 5T over 5Ghz to my router, connected to my Desktop PC over Gigabit CAT6 in the Office.

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