A perfect WI FI connection?

[Brian M. Leahy]

My wife is addicted to her Tablet and constantly berates me because she loses her Internet connection. As well as that our new TV requires a WI FI connection to be able to exploit some of its capabilities so we need a perfect WI FI connection.

Is there some way such as running cabling through the ceiling from where the computer is to the living room that we could create our ambition?

 

[MissChief]

Sounds like you're talking about a wireless access point. If you run a cable from the router to the WAP it will help.

 

[Brian M. Leahy]

Well, thats something else I've learn, Wireless access point. Now all I ned is to speak to my computer mentor. Many thanks Capodecina. By the way, is there any way of getting an automatic reply when an answer appears?

 

[MissChief]

Well, thats something else I've learn, Wireless access point. Now all I ned is to speak to my computer mentor. Many thanks Capodecina. By the way, is there any way of getting an automatic reply when an answer appears?

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[Sparx]

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Good luck Associate.

 

[MissChief]

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Good luck Associate.

Thanks.

 

[merlin6r]

My wife is addicted to her Tablet and constantly berates me because she loses her Internet connection. As well as that our new TV requires a WI FI connection to be able to exploit some of its capabilities so we need a perfect WI FI connection.

Is there some way such as running cabling through the ceiling from where the computer is to the living room that we could create our ambition?

I've recently set up similar for my daughter who is in university housing and quite a way from the router downstairs.
I plugged a TP-Link powerline adapter in by the router and one in her room. I then used an old router upstairs (with DHCP disabled) to connect to the powerline. She now has the 3 spare ethernet ports on the router and a full wireless signal in her room.

If you want to do it all wirelessly just get a wifi extender and plug in it half way between the router and the room you want to reach.

 

[bris]

I use Devolo plug in adaptors all over the house. This gives wired connections to all my TV's, computers and games consoles which is much better than wiFi. Laptops and tablets are still on wifi though.

 

[pigeonguyuk]

There will NEVER be a perfect Wi-Fi connection, its not physical so there are factors beyond control that will impact the signal (Wall thickness, material, interference from other Wi-Fi signals and other electrical devices) Then there's the actual hardware type and quality of components used, and software like firmware.

Having worked in the Tech side of a large communications provider devices from some Manufactures like Apple aren't as universally compatible, as we all know apple want you to buy into their brand no an individual product. So if the Table is an iPad you will probably find an apple router to work better with it (better through put speeds, less connection drops) but then other devices might preform worse.

From experience Apple devices(if that's what you have) don't seem to swap seamlessly between 2.4/5GHz bandwidths so splitting these at router level can improve connection stability.

 

[harrisck]

Have a look at the Devolo "Magic 2 Wifi Next" units, they use Powerline line technology over your house electrical wires to create a mesh Wifi network from their adapters.