![]() thats all they are going to get off the repeater. But if the the repeater is only getting a signal good enough for say 1/2 the speed. But thats only that they are full signal to the repeater. and show that they are connected to it with FULL bars. So many people will put the repeater near where they want it the most. Either a standard one, a mesh network one, can have inherent issues as well. The other option then comes down to repeaters. would require manually changing from one to another. you could stay connected to one until its almost completely unusable, before switching over to the other.Ĭhanging it to separate names. but the problem is that they dont always handshake/pass off very cleanly to each other. ![]() The one downside here, as he mentioned, comes down to the naming of the wifi networks. Going with separate access points, which are wired back, will often give you the BEST performance, as you should be getting full throughput to that point, then able to connect to it. ![]() Your case is not unique and like my home does not fit into the new adds on TV and you listen to them in your phone calls to Rogers that are suggestive of connected in your whole home.īS has sort of explained the two mindsets on this. Corner with concrete on both sides, steel beams, furnace electrical, and all 240 runs to stove, air conditioner, dryer all close by is not a great place. I also moved my Hitron, by pulling the coax from its current location (they gave me about 75 feet extra cable and it is in an unfinished area of my basement, and have moved it around looking for a better placement. Play with it and figure out what works best - I can't say that it is a perfect solution, but it works for me. There are apps you can put on your phone to switch from one to the other as you move around, but there is a lag in the switch, and if you are doing a data download or something like that, you will get cut off. I have mine named two different names, and I just switch manually. There are two ways you can set the name of the device - you can name it the same as your hitron and password, and when you need to grab the better signal, turn your wifi off, then turn it back on. On your phone or tablet, it won't switch unless you switch it. That app will map signals around your home as well as allow you to check strength.īy the way, if you have roaming set on the adapter on a Windows device, it will switch to the best signal. Get yourself an app on your phone like WIFI analyzer or anything like that to figure out your best placement. The other option, but expensive and probably the best is one of the new Mesh systems from Google and most other companies have them. The basement installs are probably the worst place you can have them, but that usually where you cable from Rogers comes - back from the days when they used modems only, you ran cable and a router to somewhere. I set the device to fixed IP - it is pretty straight forward to use and the support is great if you contact them.īest solution in my home is a router, which also has the issue of dead spots, the Hitron is useless for anything but maybe 1/3 of my house. Mine fortunately is plugged into a cat 5-e cable so I don't lose any throughput speed which you will loose some if you go with the extender doing the load of connecting to the Hitron, and providing IP address and signal to your devices on DHCP. ![]() That device was 59.99 on sale at Best Buy when I got it, and you can always return it (probably) if you find it doesn't do the trick for you. I still get poor signal in one corner of my main floor, just because of the structural design of the house. Have a Dlink 1620 in my upstairs bedroom, that provides good coverage for the upstairs, and the corners of the main floor.
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