Yes but a decent router + AP setup would be better for a 3 floor.

See what I or bro noobandroid have mentioned in our posts.

Depends la bro. If your house have three-phase wiring or if the electrical wiring is old or not wired properly, powerline won't be a good option. I'm also staying in a 3 floor but my powerline is unreliable as my house have three-phase wiring. So far, it's still okay but I'm thinking of eventually having an access point on each floor.

My dream setup

This post has been edited by SilentVampire: Oct 12 2017, 12:55 PM

You should have replaced the router regardless of whether WPA2 is cracked or not as your specific router, the DIR-615L, is one of the worst routers out there in terms or vulnerabilities. I would recommend switching to TP-Link or Asus if you have the budget, otherwise get ready to be compromised

It's two units, modem AND router.

You should change your router for better 5GHz coverage, or get a power line, or extender as the very last resort. Plus, I think you are describing the D-Link router which is not really that good security wise with the recent vulnerabilities that has been found, although it has been patched, but you need to do it manually.

Nothing strange about not being able to reach the full speed on 2.4Ghz as it’s usually congested and have interference, and 5GHz is best for less intereference and less congestion. 2.4Ghz usually has higher range than 5GHz, in the expense of throughput, as a result of what I have mentioned. See this link for further explanation if you are interested:
https://www.howtogeek.com/222249/whats-the-...should-you-use/

I would suggest the higher end Asus models.

You should be able to check the coverage on unifi website or call TM.

Might be. Router could be overheating, causing the temporary reduction in speed.

The wifi extender typically cut your throughput by half. Did you changing the position of your extender? Try to put it near the router and extend the signal from there. It could help.

Yes, it should be able to support up to 300mbps but that doesn’t matter. See this old thread for a more detailed explanation: https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/do-...in-half-534670/

If you put it near the router, it is further than your desktop, but you can set the power transmit level to ‘High’ in the extender settings, which will boost the signal further.

Haha bro that wouldn’t work unfortunately but it would be possible with powerline.

Nah bro. The wifi extender can only get the signal from the router wirelessly, and not via cable. That can only work with powerline as I say earlier.

Powerline is like wifi extender, but it uses the power of your house (electrical power). It comes in two pairs. One pair is connected to your router via cable, and the other pair with wireless function will be like a wifi extender, but better. However, if your house is three phase wiring, then it won’t be so good and you better stick with extender. See here for more info:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wi-fi-extende...reless-signals/

Call TM and let them know.

TP-Link is a good buy. Just remember that if you want wireless function on your powerline, you need to buy the one with ‘W’ in front of its name. So, for example, WPA4530KIT.

No and yes. You will have 2 WiFi SSID, but it could be set as same channel or different channel. I would recommend the channel be set differently from the router’s channel, so router could be 6 and the powerline channel could be 1 or 11, so as not to interfere with each other. Congrats on your wife delivering soon bro, but the WiFi won’t affect the baby in any way to be honest. It’s not as radioactive as you think it is.


TP-Link is MUCH better than Aztech. I would recommend the WPA4530KIT.

As izputra said, it’s HIGHLY recommended that you plug it in through wall socket. It will have to be wall socket on both ends and you could get a passthrough if you need the extra wall socket as shown by izputra.

You could get the WPA4530KIT. It’s cheaper, and nearly the same as the PA8010KIT, plus it comes with wireless function. See here: http://www.lazada.com.my/tp-link-ac-dual-b...t-18933988.html

No. TP-Link is better. I have 5 of their powerline and they are all rock solid.

Log into your router, click on the ‘Advanced’ Tab, then, ‘Security’, then ‘Advanced Security’, then you will find three anti-attack options there. You need to disable NAT Boost first, on the NAT Boost tab first to enable all options. I would also recommend ticking the box where it say, ‘Ignore Ping Packet from WAN Port to Router’.

This post has been edited by SilentVampire: Nov 12 2017, 04:15 PM

Suggest you get this which is better, as it comes with wireless function and it’s cheaper: http://www.lazada.com.my/tp-link-ac-dual-b...t-18933988.html


See this:

http://www.lazada.com.my/tp-link-ac1200-wi...a2f3mvaZnu&ff=1

Log into your router, go to the ‘Advanced’ Tab, then you will see ‘Wireless 2.4GHz’ and ‘Wireless 5GHz’ on the left side f the screen. Click on either tab and make the necessary changes in ‘Channel’ and ‘Channel Width’. I would suggest Channel 11 for Channel and 20MHz for 2.4GHz, and Channel 149 for Channel and 40MHz for 5GHz. However, it would be best if you can use a WiFi Analyzer to check which channel is less used around your area and go for that. I would recommend Wif Analyzer from farproc if you have Android phone or Acrylic WiFi if you prefer to use PC.

Yes, that’s cheaper but it doesn’t come with the wireless function, unless you have a separate AP, which you do and he might not.


Nah. It doesn’t matter, 1M should be okay, as the limit for Ethernet would be 100M, so you still have a long way to go lol.