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On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:55:54 +0100 bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 18/06/15 16:40, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > Can anyone advise a reasonable way to boost the signal, please. The > > house is modern, 12 years old, so we are not talking thick stone or > > brick walls here. And there is only one upstairs floor. The router > > is a netgear WNR2200. > > > I've got the best answer for this I think - I've already done this > many, many times for friends and clients and have the same setup > running here. We weren't getting much coverage from the crappy > Virgin-supplied "superhub" and the missus wanted proper wifi out in > the back garden, 20m+ and several insulated walls away from my office. > > Abuse high-power APs designed more for outdoor or P2P deployments. > I've got a few Engenius ENS200s/ENH200s pointed strategically > outwards from my PoE switch in the office and now we don't only get > full bars anywhere on the property, I can still connect to my SSIDs > 50m down the road. > > You won't need anything quite that dramatic - a single ENS200 or > similar and a PoE adaptor dangling from your router and angled > roughly towards your lounge will immediately solve your problem, and > then some. Put it in the correct mode and all DHCP/VLAN and other > layer2 stuff will be seamlessly passed back through to your router to > handle. > > If you don't mind a slightly tatty unit that's already done a few > years on site and maybe a bit scuffed with ports full of insect eggs > and maybe some spiders let me know and I'll post you one - I have > literally boxes of these to hand. It'll be fully functional but in > need of a cleanup. > > Cheers > Many thanks, I think. I will do some research on ENS200, whatever that is, and a PoE switch. Not something I have come across before.. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq