When we built our house in the 70's I put cable in the walls of the house and it is still working well. However I get much better wifi reception than you are as I can receive all over both floors or a 3000 foot house as well as at least 100 feet outside the house. I can also inadvertently ride on my neighbors wifi which is about 50 plus feet away from my house. Newer construction with metal studs is does interfere a lot.
Mary Davidson
On Oct 3, 2015, at 4:29 AM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Cable for sure. If you are long term at your home, pay the money and get patch panels installed in the house. Its a one off cost. I'll be dog that when we shift house early next year.
From: "David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 3 October 2015 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Improving iPad WiFi reception at Distance
We fished a CAT6 cable thru the walls from Time-Warner's Arris modem/router in the basement to a centrally sited Asus ac router used as a remote access point.. Strong enough signal to cover all of this average-size house.
Wifi is probably never a good substitute for reliable streaming, though, at least not unless you're right on top of your target with a >30Mbps signal. IMHO. Go for cable, if you can.
On Oct 2, 2015, at 11:05 PM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> > Let's discuss extending the OLOK/Apple network. What would you suggest as the best way to try and provide a solid wifi signal to the more distant rooms? As my current Apple router is ~8-9 years old, is there any value in purchasing the current Apple AirPort Extreme as a standalone unit, or perhaps to use one plus my current Airport to extend the network?
> > Dick
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> My Wifi source was a several-year old 802.11n Airport Extreme. We have 3 iPhones in this house, a 4th-gen iPad, a 1st-gen iPad Air, and a Macbook Pro.
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> This is in a large old house, with real plaster walls, brick chimneys, and some plaster-over-metal-mesh. So reception in the back of the house, and much of the 2nd floor, was seriously depleted.
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> I recently bought a current-generation Airport Extreme (802.11ac, like both my laptop and one of the iPhones), and moved the older Airport two rooms away towards the back, to be used as a relay, and now the reception in the rest of the first floor, and most of the second, is much better.
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