Wireless low signal, needd help

niemad

Hi

the house im living in is 2 joined semi detacthed houses renovated as one house. My apartment is on the 2nd floor over the front door of the 1st house. The router, eircom netopia, is on the 1st floor in line with the front door but say a good 30-40 ft away from it. ( Ill draw pictures to demonstrate).



My last (blekin) wireless adapter with the aid of a cantenna was able to reach the max of my broadband connection. When this adapter stopped working i purchased a asus usb-n13 adapter which can pick up a 1 bar signal nearly anywhere in the room but drops the connection every 2 minutes like clockwork.

Now I have been reading about N grade routers but as far as i can see most people are saying it might help a bit but not much. So I want some advice on the best way that I could get a stable connection. Running a wire is out of the question as my landlord already said no.

So any advice on the cheapest but most effective solution to this problem would be most appreciated.

niemad

Right no body got an suggestions thanks....

dub45

Here, people rely on the goodwill of others.

I suggest you should some patience and respect for those people who take the trouble to reply and attempt to help people.

niemad

Who took any trouble, except you to show your power. My 2nd post was just showing my frustration with said problem 10 hrs later. It was meant to encourage an answer as this problem that is really annoying me.

akamossie

the Answer is get wireless repeater, to extend and strength your wireless

PogMoThoin

akamossie wrote: »

the Answer is get wireless repeater, to extend and strength your wireless

No it's not, run a cable and add another wireless device on a different channel. Repeaters with crap signal will cause high latency for everyone.

akamossie

The OP said cannot run cables, so thats why I suggested the wireless extender

niemad

Thanks for the replies, what sort of latency would a wireless repeater add?

PogMoThoin

niemad wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, what sort of latency would a wireless repeater add?

Enough to annoy everyone and make it unusable for Skype or gaming. You could try homeplugs if You can't cable it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/devolo-dLAN-Highspeed-HomePlug-Starter/dp/B0028QKNI8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1310754617&sr=1-3-spell

niemad

I was looking at the powerline adapters, they would be useful if it was just me this side of the house but guest come and they would be in need of the wireless boast just as much as me, so this option would be fairly expensive compared to a wireless extender.

Has anyone got a suggestion on a reasonably priced extender.

Ive been looking at this

http://www.dabs.ie/products/edimax-wireless-n--802-11n--range-extender-5BR5.html?q=wireless%20repeater

It seams a tad expensive in my opinion.

Berns

Move Rooms ?

niemad

Berns wrote: »

Move Rooms ?

Lol dont think the other ocpupents would like me moving all my stuff into there flat :P

Fuzzy Clam

niemad wrote: »

I was looking at the powerline adapters, they would be useful if it was just me this side of the house but guest come and they would be in need of the wireless boast just as much as me, so this option would be fairly expensive compared to a wireless extender.

Has anyone got a suggestion on a reasonably priced extender.

Ive been looking at this

http://www.dabs.ie/products/edimax-wireless-n--802-11n--range-extender-5BR5.html?q=wireless%20repeater

It seams a tad expensive in my opinion.

PLT's may not work if the mains is on different circuits.
An extender if positioned in the right spot may suffice. I'ved used a repeater over 1/2 mile with <4ms latency. Ok for Skype, dunno about gaming.
50 E is not too expensive and lose the attitude.

kippy

Hi,
This is an issue I will be working on for a colleague next week.
He recently got the Smart 10 meg package (changed from eircom).
The (smart) wireless router is in his sitting room. His room is on the same floor as the sitting room, but there are two walls (thick enough) and about 20 feet of open space between the router and his room where he uses his laptop.
Running cables(through walls) is not really an option, and to be honest the wiring in his house is pretty old so homeplugs really arent either.
I had a set up in my own house a few years ago (three floors), linksys (original firmware) router on top floor, wireless bridge (linksys with DDRT)on 1st floor that covered ground and floor.
I think I'll be trying to dig out the linksys box and configure if for his network and set it up in his Halway about half way between his room and the router.

I have to say, I find the range of the Smart router to be very poor, perhaps there is something I can change on it to increase it, however I havent had a proper look at it yet.
Kippy

niemad

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

PLT's may not work if the mains is on different circuits.
An extender if positioned in the right spot may suffice. I'ved used a repeater over 1/2 mile with <4ms latency. Ok for Skype, dunno about gaming.
50 E is not too expensive and lose the attitude.

Thanks for the information on the latency. If you don't like my attitude don't respond to my posts simples, not once on this site have I said anything like that to anyone, if I don't like what someone is saying or being a dick I stop reading and forget about it.

kippy

niemad wrote: »

, if I don't like what someone is saying or being a dick I stop reading and forget about it.

Not what's happened in this case by the looks of it.

Did you get the issue sorted?