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Wifi booster help.

Surreyshooter

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Hi Peeps, could do with some advice on strengthening wifi signal around the house.

With sky if that helps.

TIA
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Sky have a booster which is quite good , usually see them on evil bay.
Don’t sky usually provide a booster with their system?
 
I have tried TP Link extenders to give me wifi in the garage , it is very hit & miss , probably the up/over door actng as a shield . The external TP wfi camera above the door does give good results though !
 
Im with VM i use a Mesh system to reach end of my garden best solution i found and ive used my phone to see how far i still get a wifi signal as a test five house up the road from my house.
 
I use 4x TP Link Deco XE75 Pro with BT Fibre 900. Slowest speeds I get anywhere over four floors is 500mbps. It’s insanely fast. I have around 100 items hanging off it at any one time including TVs, CCTV, heating, fridge, washing machine, iPads, iPhones, lighting, PCs, laptops, music, multiple speakers etc…

Not once, ever, have I had anything drop out.

It’s a mesh system working perfectly.
 
You could also use an ethernet cable plugged into you hub with the other end plugged into you Sky box, it creates a solid signal between hub and Sky box just make sure you alter the settings on the Sky box so it uses the cable connection.
Both our Sky Q box and the multi room box are plugged into a splitter which in turn is plugged into the BT hub, the only things we have using the wifi is my laptop our iPads and phones.
 
Speak to Sky, they may arrange for an extender to be installed under their WiFi guarantee for free. If not, I think I have one they never took back you're welcome to have if you want to cover any postage costs. They are easy to setup, just use the WPS feature and you're off
 
Some good tips so far, but first thing first: understand what's not working before you try to fix it.
  1. How big is your house?
  2. What wi-fi transmitters do you currently have, and where are they located?
  3. What frequency are they broadcasting on?
  4. What devices do you have, and which (if any) are moving about a lot?
Grab a smartphone app to measure signal strength around the house. I use a free one called WiFi SweetSpots that does the job fine. You might find that just re-positioning the transmitter(s) you have helps.

Generally, as others have said, a mesh network is best for even coverage around a typical house. That basically just means having multiple transmitters working together.

Broadly, 2.4Ghz will reach further than 5Ghz but give you slower speed. Most consumer devices are configured to broadcast both on the same SSID and let the device switch, but it can sometimes work better to separate them and fix devices to a specific band depending on need (e.g. in my house, all the phones get 2.4Ghz because they're moving and have lower bandwidth requirements).
 
I use a different solution. I run a secondary router upstairs slaved off the prime router and have done so for many years now. When I originally set it up years ago the alternatives were pretty dire and rarely worked. Modern mesh systems are now a much better solution.
 
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