WiFi booster recommendations for an old terrace house.

I’m not a fan of boosters. I’ve never really had much success with them.

Can you run a LAN cable through the walls at all?

I had a mesh network that was ok but often quite dumb and would still try to connect to the weakest access point.


WiFi 7 might fix that but I’d still go a proper LAN cable.
 
JollyJamma said:
I’m not a fan of boosters. I’ve never really had much success with them.

Can you run a LAN cable through the walls at all?

I had a mesh network that was ok but often quite dumb and would still try to connect to the weakest access point.


WiFi 7 might fix that but I’d still go a proper LAN cable.
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Thanks for the reply. The house is a big mid terrace. Lan cables would be a pain. I don't know a lot about mesh networks...
 
Gunni Parker said:
Thanks for the reply. The house is a big mid terrace. Lan cables would be a pain. I don't know a lot about mesh networks...
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LAN cables are hands down the most reliable way to get wifi from one side of the house to the next so you may end up having to bare that pain.

But

Mesh networks are SUPPOSED to work together as a group to give dynamic coverage with certain frequencies used for back haul communication and optimisation.

I had a set of Deco mash devices and they were ok. They worked for the most part. I got my set second hand for a big discount.
 
Ask to have your incoming line/ONT moved to the middle of the middle floor. Put the supplied router there. 99.9% the issue will be fixed. Maximum they will charge to move it is £100-ish and they’ll probably do it for free if your WiFi is that bad.

Alternatively, drill an 8mm hole out the back of the house, run the cable along the wall to the nearest drain down pipe, up the back of that to the roof soffit. 8mm hole in the roof soffit to take cable inside then fit a ceiling mounted UniFi access point somewhere centrally in the ceiling if the top floor and between the two you’ll get the coverage you want. Most TV antenna installers are offering this sort of service these days. They’re used to working at height, very good at routing cables neatly and understand wireless signals pretty well.
 
WJA96 said:
Ask to have your incoming line/ONT moved to the middle of the middle floor. Put the supplied router there. 99.9% the issue will be fixed. Maximum they will charge to move it is £100-ish and they’ll probably do it for free if your WiFi is that bad.

Alternatively, drill an 8mm hole out the back of the house, run the cable along the wall to the nearest drain down pipe, up the back of that to the roof soffit. 8mm hole in the roof soffit to take cable inside then fit a ceiling mounted UniFi access point somewhere centrally in the ceiling if the top floor and between the two you’ll get the coverage you want. Most TV antenna installers are offering this sort of service these days. They’re used to working at height, very good at routing cables neatly and understand wireless signals pretty well.
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That's a great shout! I didn't know you could ask your ISP to do that. It will make a difference as I've had ingress points moved from the front door to the 1st floor of a 3 story house and it made a big difference (ground, 1st and 2nd floor).

Agree with running a cable idea too - that wouldn't be too difficult or expensive, just use a quality outdoor rated cable. I also agree with the access point location.

I could also recommend a slightly cheaper access point in the form of the RG-RAP2260(G) made by Reyee - it has great features for the price and good performance.
 
The LR range from unifi is well worth a look. LR = Long Range... I have an LR ap that happily gives perfect signal 3 floors up.

Worth noting that they aren't cheap and work best with a unifi router/firewall.
 
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