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Can’t get wifi in the basement. Is a mesh system for me?
Posted on 8/24/23 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 8/24/23 at 6:46 pm
Router is about 6 years old. Works fine in most of the house but now that we’ve moved somewhere with a basement it just cannot get down here despite being on the middle level and relatively close. I guess either the concrete retaining walls or somehow being below the router is messing it up. It’s an Ac-3200 from ASUS so it was a pretty badass little router in it’s time. I’m assuming buying a better router of the same kind may help?
Is a mesh system a sure fire way to spread the system throughout the house and into a basement better than just getting a really really powerful single router?
Is a mesh system a sure fire way to spread the system throughout the house and into a basement better than just getting a really really powerful single router?
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Posted on 8/24/23 at 7:51 pm to jlovel7
Yes.
Try to place one puck directly overhead of the puck in the basement.
Try to place one puck directly overhead of the puck in the basement.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:40 pm to jlovel7
If mesh doesn't work well, I'd suggest using powerline newtorking to hardwire an access point in your basement.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 9:04 pm to jlovel7
Wifi radio waves are designed to propagate horizontally, not vertically.
If you want wifi in your basement a mesh is not the best as they use wifi. Install a hardwired AP in your basement.
If you want wifi in your basement a mesh is not the best as they use wifi. Install a hardwired AP in your basement.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 10:21 pm to mchias1
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Wifi radio waves are designed to propagate horizontally, not vertically.
Depending on the antenna! Unidirectional antennae are notoriously bad at projecting signal downwards.
I second just paying to have a Cat6 drop put in your basement and hardwiring an AP. I get the "matching puck" suggestion, but then you have to run electrical to wherever the basement puck is on the ceiling, at which point you may as well run the Cat 6 to your basement entertainment center.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 9:44 am to jlovel7
Just hardwire a mesh puck in the basement. It'll backhaul to the internet. Then when youre upstairs the other mesh pucks work like normal
Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:54 pm to jlovel7
What do you use Internet for in the basement? 80%+ of applications a mesh system will be more than sufficient and much easier. I have Google mesh and with the router 2 floors up and no issues with streaming, WiFi calls, video calls, etc. Best practice would absolutely be a hard wired drop to AP but likely not needed unless gaming or similar.
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