Gruesome Dump 10:44 Wed Jul 20
Techie types - wifi boosters
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This is obviously the place to come (fuck you, gank). Old Victorian property over three floors. Thick walls, ceilings and owner. 13 bedrooms (very, very small hotel) and the wifi will barely reach the 1st floor. Brand new router from Sky which looks shiny and sexy but doesn't perform well - certainly away from the ground floor.
The boosters side perused online appear to be plug-in hobbies which need Ethernet connection to the laptop/device you wish to use upstairs. Obviously this doesn't work with thirteen different sets of guests in thirteen different rooms across three floors.
Is there anything on the market which you can just plug in - maybe one on each floor (?) - which boosts the signal across the property so that every miserable bastard can use wifi and stop whinging at me?
Utterly in your debt for what is sure to be a list of helpful answers.
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Nurse Ratched
10:41 Fri Jul 22
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No thanks. My retina has only recently re-attached itself after the last time. :-(
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Keep dreaming
9:41 Fri Jul 22
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http://www.wlanpros.com/rules-successful-hotel-wi-fi-3/
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w4hammer
8:02 Fri Jul 22
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configure the router as a modem- purchase a proper wifi router - NETGEAR R7000-100UKS Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Gigabit...
jobs a good un
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Mike Oxsaw
3:36 Fri Jul 22
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Hmmmm. Victorian, you say?
AUTHENTIC Victorian, is it?
Just poke Ethernet cables through the old gas pipes & waz a cheapo-Charlie car-boot router on the end of each one.
Drape with lace doilies for that rustically aged homely feel
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Gruesome Dump
1:14 Fri Jul 22
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Well, you got bored with the flat hand. I could BALL IT UP for you?
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Nurse Ratched
3:33 Thu Jul 21
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*sigh*
Takes my affection and throws it back in my face...
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Gruesome Dump
1:40 Thu Jul 21
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Crikey. So far this morning (on here) I've been threatened with decapitation and the displaying of my scooped out head in FatKev's bathroom* and now a thoroughly good towelling by BUSTER via a 2-pin travel plug. I remember when we all had respect for each other. Other than Ratched, natch.
*still lives with his Mum so will need permission.
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Side of Ham
12:12 Thu Jul 21
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Socket to him Buster!
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Nurse Ratched
12:12 Thu Jul 21
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You'd be doing him a favour.
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Buster
11:19 Thu Jul 21
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I think what you were meant to say is THANK YOU. You ungrateful CUNT.
I've a good mind to come and repeatedly smash a plug into your face. How would you like THAT?
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Gruesome Dump
1:18 Thu Jul 21
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Eerie Descent 1:14 Thu Jul 21
Now, now Jibbers. Play nicely.
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Eerie Descent
1:14 Thu Jul 21
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20 odd posts, and no one has told you to wipe your knob on it.
Saying that, going by your last post, you did. Brave man.
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Nurse Ratched
1:05 Thu Jul 21
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Yeah, that's true.
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Gruesome Dump
1:03 Thu Jul 21
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Nurse Ratched 5:25 Wed Jul 20
You weren't complaining when I molested you under the light of my current lamps. Ok, you were...but everyone likes a little bit of rapey.
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hammer205
5:47 Wed Jul 20
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Will check these recommendations out myself
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neilalex
5:33 Wed Jul 20
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The powerline adapters of various sorts work very well. They'll happily connect outbuildings as long as the wiring all runs to the board, which would generally be the case. Much better than signal boosters in my experience.
Nurse that's a bit of a seaside postcard straight line there.
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Nurse Ratched
5:25 Wed Jul 20
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You need some nice lamps.
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:^)
4:28 Wed Jul 20
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Develo plugs. They can wifi or Ethernet.
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thegodson
4:24 Wed Jul 20
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Kenny Powers
Bollocks. That sage advice could have saved me about £400 two months ago.
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epsom
4:21 Wed Jul 20
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Have you considered getting a more powerful wifi router first that will increase coverage? Normally the wifi boxes suppled are considerably weak. If you have to get across numerous floors, starting with a more powerful router may be the only way to provide complete coverage as well as using extenders?
Personally used extenders and did not like them.
I used the Apple Airport Extreme to boost coverage and did not need the extenders. It also backs up our PC's.
Netgear Nighthawk 1900 and 1750 offer really good wifi coverage and speed and are probably more powerful than the Apple product.
If you load a free wifi finder app on your iPhone, it can help you map coverage in the house.
If it was me I would start ground up, get a better router and go from there.
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bobbymoore
4:17 Wed Jul 20
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Agent Scud 11:07 Wed Jul 20
Spot on, TP Link extenders work a treat.
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