Boosting my wi-fi signal upstairs
Discussion
I have BT Broadband with a Smart Hub 2. It works brilliantly.
Here's the issue...
My OH is one of those airy fairy pseudo science evangelists who, among other things, thinks we'll be vaporised by EMF if she doesn't put a mesh bag over the wi-fi router to stop it. Unfortunately, this also stops the wi-fi signal, or at least reduces it to something tantamount to dial-up. Is there a way to boost the signal in the spare room upstairs where I WFH?
Important info...
We're currently renting so I can't have solutions that involve drilling holes, installing wires, etc. If there were a device which I could plug into one of the Ethernet ports on the router which would then "broadcast" the signal itself, and could be hidden on the back of a shelf on the cabinet where the router sits, that would do it!
Here's the issue...
My OH is one of those airy fairy pseudo science evangelists who, among other things, thinks we'll be vaporised by EMF if she doesn't put a mesh bag over the wi-fi router to stop it. Unfortunately, this also stops the wi-fi signal, or at least reduces it to something tantamount to dial-up. Is there a way to boost the signal in the spare room upstairs where I WFH?
Important info...
We're currently renting so I can't have solutions that involve drilling holes, installing wires, etc. If there were a device which I could plug into one of the Ethernet ports on the router which would then "broadcast" the signal itself, and could be hidden on the back of a shelf on the cabinet where the router sits, that would do it!
So she doesn't use the wi-fi? If it is only you using it can you not just change the password, hide the SSID, and tell her you have "turned off the wifi" on the router (which you could do anyway) and that you are only using 4/5g on your phone?
Alternatively, you could turn off the router wi-fi and then use powerline adaptors to take the ethernet to your office and then use a wireless access point or mesh point to broadcast it up there. It would still likely be showing through the rest of the house though unless you do above re hiding the SSID for the one in your office.
Alternatively, you could turn off the router wi-fi and then use powerline adaptors to take the ethernet to your office and then use a wireless access point or mesh point to broadcast it up there. It would still likely be showing through the rest of the house though unless you do above re hiding the SSID for the one in your office.
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/tplink-tlpa7017-...
Switch off the Wifi on the router and ethernet in using a powerline router?
Uses your home power circuit as a network.
Personally I reckon if a simple and cheap tech solution exists, it’s not worth a fight. Best advice I ever got when I first got married was to pick your battles.
Switch off the Wifi on the router and ethernet in using a powerline router?
Uses your home power circuit as a network.
Personally I reckon if a simple and cheap tech solution exists, it’s not worth a fight. Best advice I ever got when I first got married was to pick your battles.
Edited by wyson on Sunday 8th October 07:26
Defcon5 said:
You have a metal mesh bag covering your router?
It's not metal, it's one of these... https://emf-protection.co.uk/product/wifi-router-e...
s2kjock said:
So she doesn't use the wi-fi?
Yes, she's on it all the time, but she sits in the lounge close to the router so her connection is adequate. I'm always having to partly uncover it so I can get a good enough signal upstairs, but I'd rather just find a way to circumvent it.Ham_and_Jam said:
Poke the aerials through the mesh bag.
It doesn't have aerials.Blib said:
Divorce?
Mercifully we're not married and I have just recently reached a point where I can, for the first time in my life, afford to buy my own place and live comfortably, so this may well be the way forward!Ed.Neumann said:
Have you considered doing a wifi sweep and showing here that there is no getting away from wifi?
Show here the 15 other wifi signals beaming through your home.
Also, tell her the EMF coming from the phones in the house will kill well before the wifi.
Trust me, she's neurotic enough!Show here the 15 other wifi signals beaming through your home.
Also, tell her the EMF coming from the phones in the house will kill well before the wifi.
wyson said:
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/tplink-tlpa7017-...
Switch off the Wifi on the router and ethernet in using a powerline router?
Uses your home power circuit as a network.
Personally I reckon if a simple and cheap tech solution exists, it’s not worth a fight. Best advice I ever got when I first got married was to pick your battles.
Looks good! Switch off the Wifi on the router and ethernet in using a powerline router?
Uses your home power circuit as a network.
Personally I reckon if a simple and cheap tech solution exists, it’s not worth a fight. Best advice I ever got when I first got married was to pick your battles.
Edited by wyson on Sunday 8th October 07:26
Scabutz said:
Can your wife not put the bag over her head? You get WiFi she has an unfried brain (that ship may have sailed though).
I'll suggest that to her 
The sad thing is that this is a woman who was into bacon sarnies and wanted a V8 Vantage when we first met
Why do they fecking change?
MitchT said:
I'll suggest that to her
The sad thing is that this is a woman who was into bacon sarnies and wanted a V8 Vantage when we first met
Why do they fecking change?
There's an old saying mem marry women hoping they never change, women marry men hoping they do.The sad thing is that this is a woman who was into bacon sarnies and wanted a V8 Vantage when we first met
Why do they fecking change?
I know what you mean though.
MitchT said:
If there were a device which I could plug into one of the Ethernet ports on the router which would then "broadcast" the signal itself, and could be hidden on the back of a shelf on the cabinet where the router sits, that would do it!
Another router. Turn the wifi off on your main router, configure the new one as a switch and use the same ssid and password as before. Stick it out of sight.https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/turn-old-route...
Sticking a bag oiver a router is bats
t crazy, so consider how someone who thinks that's a good idea will react if they find out.read this, then send her the link. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevent...
The best way to protect herself from EMF is a suit of armour, preferably with a constant ground connection. After all its not going to go down well if you ask her to wear a bag
The best way to protect herself from EMF is a suit of armour, preferably with a constant ground connection. After all its not going to go down well if you ask her to wear a bag
Red9zero said:
Check your contract to see if you are eligible for their range extender discs. We have three (you have to request one at a time) and they work very well.
You can just buy these and they work with any Wi-Fi. I use them with Fibre. Obviously the same problem will be present though, if lunatic is covering route then surely would do same with discs?Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff