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Post by Slinger on Sept 13, 2023 11:45:20 GMT
...when many (most?) people disable it and use a proper mesh. Definitely NOT " most" from what I've read, which is a fair bit. A " proper" mesh is comparatively expensive, especially in today's financial climate. I'd even suggest that " most" people probably don't even know what a mesh is. You seem to assume that everyone is in the same position as you, with the same depth of knowledge which you have sought out for your personal situation. In fact, a great many wi-fi users don't even live in a property that would benefit from a mesh system, I certainly don't.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 13, 2023 12:11:25 GMT
I only assumed from the houses I've been to. Most routers have crap WiFi that is doubtful to reach every part of the house. Most of my friends have mesh units to give full coverage. We have 5 of them.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 13, 2023 12:49:16 GMT
Thanks Steve, sounds very promising. The Mrs has decided she wants to keep the landline after all so we will give Vodafone a try. Voda went Voice Over IP for us a month or 2 ago. We don't use the landline. Not even plugged in but they sent a dongle to plug into the router if we wanted to. More useful info, thanks Steve. First I have heard about this. So you just plug your old phone into this dongle or do you need a new one? Ideally we need to keep a landline for the in-laws to call from Greece - their internet is a cluster of gargantuan proportions thanks to one "engineer" who came and right royally fkd it up.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 4, 2023 10:33:21 GMT
Yesterday I cancelled Three broadband and hopefully the router will be on its way back soon.
I had a lightbulb moment and have completely reorganized the Sky router set up. Instead of having it in the hall near the phone socket, I am now running a long RJ11 cable so it can sit in the middle of the living room. This has great benefits - it's the best place for giving a strong WiFi signal to the rest of the house, I can run a much shorter network cable to my streamer and Mac; our Sky WiFi booster has been moved from living to bedroom where the weakest signal is and now we get max strength WiFi there - fantastic!
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Post by Slinger on Oct 4, 2023 13:34:02 GMT
Interesting! Conflicting advice as ever ... Well I will find out tomorrow. I'll happily trade some of its top speed for reliability. The best place to put your router:2. Place your router centrally Wireless broadband routers transmit from all directions in a circle. This means the more centrally you can place it, the better your home's overall coverage will be. Putting your router near a window means that you're broadcasting outside as well as inside, and sending some of your strongest broadband connection – quite literally – out the window... Another reason to place your router in the centre of your home is to avoid anyone else accessing your Wi-Fi – if your connection can't be picked up by devices outside your house, then you're less likely to have to have your connection compromised.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 4, 2023 14:12:19 GMT
The above doesn't apply for a 4G/5G router, as positioning for the mobile data signal should be optimised.
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