Wi-Fi signal booster recommmendations
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Currently have Sky broadband in the house. Looking to put some Wi-Fi enabled Gym equipment in the detached garage and wondered if anyone has any recommendations for wi fi signal boosters that actually work.
Garage is detached double and 25 ft but 2 walls (including garage block and brick from the router.
Garage is detached double and 25 ft but 2 walls (including garage block and brick from the router.
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There are similar threads started every few days or weeks so there’s bound to be plenty to take in from those.
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There are similar threads started every few days or weeks so there’s bound to be plenty to take in from those.
Sorry not happening but I appreciate the reply. Don’t want Alexa, Google nest and certainly not running cables to a detached garage ( scruffy and awkward, and that’s not just me). Due to the original house being extended significantly the main telephone point is on the landing area upstairs. To run a physical cable would require going through walls, lifting already tiled floors and block paving. Wireless is the answer.
Mikebentley said:
Sorry not happening but I appreciate the reply. Don’t want Alexa, Google nest and certainly not running cables to a detached garage ( scruffy and awkward, and that’s not just me). Due to the original house being extended significantly the main telephone point is on the landing area upstairs. To run a physical cable would require going through walls, lifting already tiled floors and block paving. Wireless is the answer.
Google’s mesh system will work, and the mics can be turned off if you don’t want to use the assistant, and they have integrated speakers on the satellites so you can stream music (quality isn’t that bad tbh) but the tech is a bit old (doesn’t support WiFi 6). Plenty of decent mesh systems available that can boost signal strength around a property. The net gear orbi system gets good reviews. Like anything though there will be a product to fit your budget, but you don’t need to spend much to get a decent home system. https://uk.pcmag.com/wireless-networking/87178/the...Mikebentley said:
Sorry not happening but I appreciate the reply. Don’t want Alexa, Google nest and certainly not running cables to a detached garage ( scruffy and awkward, and that’s not just me). Due to the original house being extended significantly the main telephone point is on the landing area upstairs. To run a physical cable would require going through walls, lifting already tiled floors and block paving. Wireless is the answer.
I got a Sky Q booster and it seems to work better than the ones via the mains.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325258964092
If it doesn't work, stick it back on ebay. Also got some wall brackets to mount it high up.
Edited by gmaz on Sunday 10th July 15:56
This
https://www.devolo.co.uk/magic-2-wifi-6
https://ao.com/l/search/101/99/?search=devolo
I have one that does exactly what you are doing.
https://www.devolo.co.uk/magic-2-wifi-6
https://ao.com/l/search/101/99/?search=devolo
I have one that does exactly what you are doing.
We used these to connect our garage up.
https://www.ebuyer.com/748434-tp-link-tl-pa9020p-k...
They work really well, and I just connected up a WiFi access point. I think they do some with the access point built in.
https://www.ebuyer.com/748434-tp-link-tl-pa9020p-k...
They work really well, and I just connected up a WiFi access point. I think they do some with the access point built in.
I have one of these on the far side of the house from the router- it extends wifi about 40 metres into the garden.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293189270266?epid=22024...
Unobtrusive, doesn't use up sockets & provides a USB point, 10 minutes to install, simple to set up (press 2 buttons)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293189270266?epid=22024...
Unobtrusive, doesn't use up sockets & provides a USB point, 10 minutes to install, simple to set up (press 2 buttons)
I’ve just set up a Deco M4 mesh system in our house.
Fairly inexpensive for a 3 module kit (about £100) and doesn’t affect wifi speed from what I can see/measure
Downside is you need a socket for each module and they aren’t the best looking thing in the world (mine are all hidden from view)
Now have seamless wifi all over including the garage and garden
Fairly inexpensive for a 3 module kit (about £100) and doesn’t affect wifi speed from what I can see/measure
Downside is you need a socket for each module and they aren’t the best looking thing in the world (mine are all hidden from view)
Now have seamless wifi all over including the garage and garden
As ever on these kind of threads lots of well meaning “I brought this, it’s brilliant” responses.
Taking a step away from that, what kind of data usage do you need in the garage?
What are the machines, if they are just sending stats & metrics the data usage will be lower than devices with embedded media players.
Do you intend to use a device to stream music or video while in there?
What’s the space above? Does it need WiFi? Is the 1st floor standard wooden joists, floorboards & plasterboard? (WiFi goes through that much easier than brickwork)
What’s the WiFi like in the house? Any dead spots that need eliminating?
In your photo there is a 1st floor house window that looks to have a view into the garage 1st floor, how close to your home ‘router’ is that?
What budget do you have in mind?
Lastly what sky ‘router’ do you have, do you use sky q & what line speed do you get?
There are five main options to get service into the garage.
Ethernet cable already discounted
Point to point wireless bridge would mean running ethernet cable from the home router to the loft & the same in the garage, I suspect it’ll be discounted for the same reasons as above. Around £150 &up
Edit: you could do a hybrid of powerline adapters to get the Ethernet connection to the loft if you have power there already.
Powerline adapters, already suggested some, a unit plugs into the wall socket by your router, one in the garage and it uses the mains as the connection between the two, it generally works best on the same ring but I have read positive reports from folk using it to get to a outbuilding with its own consumer unit. Around £60 &up
Mesh WiFi, if you have dead spots you are trying to eliminate then this is a option hard to say what devices & where without more data but at a minimum I’d guess three nodes, one where the router is currently, one by the window that overlooks the garage & one around the garage window. Around £100 &up
WiFi extender, if you don’t have a some WiFi connectivity from the house to the garage already then this is unlikely to work.
I’d advise buying from someone like amazon who have a easy return policy should you find the solution doesn’t work out for you and you need to try another option.
Taking a step away from that, what kind of data usage do you need in the garage?
What are the machines, if they are just sending stats & metrics the data usage will be lower than devices with embedded media players.
Do you intend to use a device to stream music or video while in there?
What’s the space above? Does it need WiFi? Is the 1st floor standard wooden joists, floorboards & plasterboard? (WiFi goes through that much easier than brickwork)
What’s the WiFi like in the house? Any dead spots that need eliminating?
In your photo there is a 1st floor house window that looks to have a view into the garage 1st floor, how close to your home ‘router’ is that?
What budget do you have in mind?
Lastly what sky ‘router’ do you have, do you use sky q & what line speed do you get?
There are five main options to get service into the garage.
Ethernet cable already discounted
Point to point wireless bridge would mean running ethernet cable from the home router to the loft & the same in the garage, I suspect it’ll be discounted for the same reasons as above. Around £150 &up
Edit: you could do a hybrid of powerline adapters to get the Ethernet connection to the loft if you have power there already.
Powerline adapters, already suggested some, a unit plugs into the wall socket by your router, one in the garage and it uses the mains as the connection between the two, it generally works best on the same ring but I have read positive reports from folk using it to get to a outbuilding with its own consumer unit. Around £60 &up
Mesh WiFi, if you have dead spots you are trying to eliminate then this is a option hard to say what devices & where without more data but at a minimum I’d guess three nodes, one where the router is currently, one by the window that overlooks the garage & one around the garage window. Around £100 &up
WiFi extender, if you don’t have a some WiFi connectivity from the house to the garage already then this is unlikely to work.
I’d advise buying from someone like amazon who have a easy return policy should you find the solution doesn’t work out for you and you need to try another option.
Edited by Captain_Morgan on Monday 11th July 09:17
A variation on the Powerline theme is the Deco P9, they're a mesh system that use powerline as well as wifi for the mesh. The downslide with powerline is it can be slow depending on your wiring, I only get about 10-20mb/s over my P9's using powerline, so have run ethernet to the one in the office to get my full bandwidth, but for most things the powerline connection is plenty fast enough and I can use them in places I can't run ethernet.
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