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Junior_Zytkowski
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Hey guys, how y'all doing?

So, here is the problem, I have a very weak and totally regretable d-link dl 524 router here in my place and I recenlty got a new pc

I'm looking forward to put my pc on another room, my bedroom is kinda full of stuff right now, so I thought about another room I have here, it's two 13,5cm brick walls away from the router, and the signal barely gets there...

I wanted to use wifi so I don't have to bother with cables and things like that.

Can you guys help me find a suitable solution for this?  I don't mean to change the router from its original place, so maybe just put up an AP or something? or just a decent router would do the job?

 

Thank you so much guys, aprecciate your help!

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Do some googling on Ethernet over power... It involves a few milliseconds of latency but honestly its not noticeable.

And it will do the job you need for a cheaper price.

 

 

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Don't buy powerlines.

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are you on a 2.5 or 5ghz signal? maybe get some bomb ass directional antennas or get a decent router and put it betwen rooms.  

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Get a powerline - the performance degredation will be negligible if you don't need anything greater than about 100 mbps which most people don't have anyways.

Of course the best and easiest solution is to run a long ethernet cable to your room.

WiFi is definitely not going to work.

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Just now, sushisharkjl said:

Get a powerline - the performance degredation will be negligible if you don't need anything greater than about 100 mbps which most people don't have anyways.

Of course the best and easiest solution is to run a long ethernet cable to your room.

WiFi is definitely not going to work.

Do you have experiences with power-lines?

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I would disagree with you, I have been using power line adapters for years. I have never had a problem with them and they supply a very good connection to area's in my house that is just plan not accessible with wireless.

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Just now, Mcmole said:

I would disagree with you, I have been using power line adapters for years. I have never had a problem with them and they supply a very good connection to area's in my house that is just plan not accessible with wireless.

Which one did your purchase?

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Just now, LittleCarrot said:

Do you have experiences with power-lines?

Yes... have you? Mine is perfectly fine and can sustain connections up to 100mbps and sometimes 300+ on LAN without appliances on.

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14 minutes ago, Mcmole said:

Do some googling on Ethernet over power... It involves a few milliseconds of latency but honestly its not noticeable.

And it will do the job you need for a cheaper price.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, sushisharkjl said:

Get a powerline - the performance degredation will be negligible if you don't need anything greater than about 100 mbps which most people don't have anyways.

Of course the best and easiest solution is to run a long ethernet cable to your room.

WiFi is definitely not going to work.

he said he doesn't want to mess with cables, wifi can easily cut it, he just needs a better router in between the rooms.  

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1 minute ago, RedWulf said:

 

he said he doesn't want to mess with cables, wifi can easily cut it, he just needs a better router in between the rooms. 

 

25 minutes ago, Junior_Zytkowski said:

it's two 13,5cm brick walls away from the router

 

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4 minutes ago, sushisharkjl said:

Yes... have you? Mine is perfectly fine and can sustain connections up to 100mbps and sometimes 300+ on LAN without appliances on.

I get 180 (UP) and 10(down)[WIFI]. With the powerline I got 50 (up) and 10(down). My house was built [Protection]. Quite recent for houses.

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1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

I've used them before and they worked fine for me.

What your speed?

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9 minutes ago, LittleCarrot said:

I get 180 (UP) and 10(down)[WIFI]. With the powerline I got 50 (up) and 10(down). My house was built [#redaction is cool]. Quite recent for houses.

And mine was built in [a very racist time period]; that logic is irrelevant if you've got hardy wiring which a lot of newer houses skimp on.

Speeds also depend on how many high-power devices you've got on the power as well.

I'm getting 100-300 symmetrical on LAN, and 50 down and 5 up which is the same as what I get on WiFi or a direct Ethernet connection. I use a TP-Link AV500.

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4 minutes ago, LittleCarrot said:

Which one did your purchase?

I can't remember the model number  (can can't find out easily would turning off my modem and so on)

But Ive always bought D-Link..

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@Junior_Zytkowski

 

Are you able to provide a floorplan as well as the WiFi specs of the devices attempting to connect? Chances are switching to a 5Ghz network with better placement of the wireless router will be beneficial.

 

Have you done a wireless scan of the 2.4 & 5 ghz bandwidths to see if it's a simple channel issue?

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Just now, sushisharkjl said:

And mine was built in 1957; that logic is irrelevant if you've got hardy wiring which a lot of newer houses skimp on.

I'm getting 100-300 symmetrical on LAN, and 50 down and 5 up which is the same as what I get on WiFi or a direct Ethernet connection. I use a TP-Link AV500.

Can you remove when my house was built in your post?

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Just now, LittleCarrot said:

Can you remove when my house was built in your post?

Sorry what? 

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Just now, Windspeed36 said:

@Junior_Zytkowski

 

Are you able to provide a floorplan as well as the WiFi specs of the devices attempting to connect? Chances are switching to a 5Ghz network with better placement of the wireless router will be beneficial.

 

Have you done a wireless scan of the 2.4 & 5 ghz bandwidths to see if it's a simple channel issue?

From my expeirnce 5ghz actually has trouble with walls vs 2.5 ghz. But my neighbors router makes it through 2 brick walls, 2 sheet rock walls, and a 200 foot yard and i still get 2 bars off him xD

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