Crappy wifi. Solutions?

[antoainb]

Hi!

 

I have the router that my ISP "gave" me and the wifi quality isn't very good. I mean, I live in a medium size apartement and when I go to some rooms the wifi signal is very weak or sometimes null. It's a DOCSIS modem/router combo and the antennas are all internal.

 

I came up with some solutions and I'd like to ear your opinions.

 

The solutions I thought of were:

1. Add a second router. Even tho my router is also my modem there is a way to bridge a port and use a secondary router instead of the included (very bad) one;
2. Use a powerline and another router. This would be a very expensive solution but it would deliver very good performance, the powerline would go to another room and I'd place the router there;

Do you have other suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[Bloodyvalley]

Or better yet get an ethernet cable

[antoainb]

Or better yet get an ethernet cable

 

Too much work and I'd need the router any way. And having a huge ethernet cable running from my living room to a bedroom wouldn't be very pretty to see and routing them thru the walls is just way too much trouble.

[CODELEAKER]

Too much work and I'd need the router any way. And having a huge ethernet cable running from my living room to a bedroom wouldn't be very pretty to see and routing them thru the walls is just way too much trouble.

how?Just get a long cable are at frys.....

[antoainb]

Or better yet get an ethernet cable

 

 

how?Just get a long cable are at frys.....

 

Might look into it, 

[antoainb]

Another thing, if I have say a phone that is on the main router's network, when I go near the other router will it switch automatically?

[macpro622776]

Another thing, if I have say a phone that is on the main router's network, when I go near the other router will it switch automatically?

 

If the phone is still in range of the secondary router's network then no.

[antoainb]

If the phone is still in range of the secondary router's network then no.

 

Then it's useless, I get some signal but it's very very weak and slow.