Wifi signal

[Bravebat1]

hi all,

My wifi hub is located in a small cupboard dirctly under the stairs. If i was to cut a vent in the cuboard door would this improve the wifi signal in other parts of the house?

Thanks,

Bb1

 

[Iamchamps]

If your cupboard door is made out of metal then yea maybe a little bit. Otherwise no you are wasting your time. Invest in a WiFi booster or extender you can buy cheap on amazon for £20 or so.

 

[big-all]

i doubt it very much unless its full off metal over most off the surface
does the signal strengthen if you leave the door open ??

 

[RichA]

Or move the hub to a more central place.

 

[Bravebat1]

Thanks for the reply guys.

Yes the signal improves with the door open.

Relocation isn’t an option. The house has just been renovated and Mrs Bravebat won’t allow it.

 

[mattylad]

Also get the android app "wifi analyzer" and have a look at how many of your neighbours are using the same channel as you.
You will be surprised, change the channel (in the router at 192.168.0.1) to something a little further away - it may make a lot of difference.

 

[big-all]

i have my router in the front room and as an experiment moved it about 350mm onto a bracket shelf i attached to the front door this put the router in line off site off the back garden 60 foot away and virtually double the signal strength
so may be worth moving in all direction within the cable length to give the best average

 

[mattylad]

Make it so that Mrs Bravebat's signal is the worst, then find a solution that gives her a super signal - that will be acceptable

 

[Bravebat1]

Good idea!!

 

[Doggit]

By virtue that opening the door improves the signal, that tells you that it's location isn't very sensible. Just why is Mrs BB making you put it in the cupboard.

There are small discrete boosters that you can plug into the wall socket to improve the weak signal, and there are powerline adapters that you could plug a network cable into.

But at the end of the day, what is the point of having WiFi, and not being able to use it properly.

 

[mattylad]

Another suggestion is to put Mrs Bravebat in the cupboard, although what will more likely happen is that you get shut in there

 

[Halfwayowl]

At least Bravebat1 will get a good signal in the cupboard.....

 

[ban-all-sheds]

there are powerline adapters that you could plug a network cable into.

As I understand it, the allegation made against them is that they are only legal because the manufacturers exploit a loophole in the certification process; they demonstrate that the box itself doesn't emit much interference and say that the interference subsequently emitted by the unshielded mains wiring is outside their responsibility. It's not unlike the situation with diesel engines that don't exceed emissions standards in lab tests but do on the road.

This may change; OFCOM are to update the Wireless Telegraphy Act to alow them to require users of interfering devices such as these to stop using them:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/55307/annex6.pdf
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/58220/statement.pdf

Their statement points out that, for example, in the past they could take enforcement action against a fluorescent light that was causing interference but not an LED light because that wasn't specifically mentioned in the regulations! Now the rules will apply to any "apparatus" at all.

Technically, the equipment "as tested" passed the tests - allegedly. The fact that they deliberately test them in a non-standard setup (ie in a filtered socket so the signal can't get to the main cabling is just outright fraud. But where the real fault lies in with our regulatory bodies that have, apparently, put a lot of effort into coming up with justifications for why "it's not my problem" - and there have been strong suggestions that this is because the nit of OfCon that used to be the RA was afraid to upset BT, an example of regulatory capture where a large company effectively gets to call the tune at the regulator that is supposedly regulating it.

Lots, lots more over at http://www.ban-plt.org.uk

See also https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...te-owners-bad-powerline-network-adapters.html

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/TalkTalk-TV/powerline-adapters/td-p/1736914

Seriously, these devices are dreadful, they ought to be banned, nobody should be using them.

 

[motorbiking]

If its in a cupboard try a foil reflector to make it more directional youtube is full of examples.

 

[Nozzle]

If its in a cupboard try a foil reflector to make it more directional youtube is full of examples.

Youtube is definitely full of something....

Nozzle