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mztang52
post Mar 8 2018, 01:41 PM

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QUOTE(berrycoo~ @ Mar 8 2018, 12:11 PM)
1. 2 storey house, approx 30x60 build up
2. Router will be placed in the front end of the house on ground floor, which is in the living room
3. Currently facing problem on my desktop, as wifi adapter is weak as well. My room is at the back end of the house on second floor. So basically is from 1 end to the other. I think the total number of devices will be around 10.
4. Using Unifi 50mbps
My room is on different floor. If thats the case what kind of antenna should I be looking for?
For point 4, yea someone in my house is torrenting chinese show most of the time but not as hardcore as you said sweat.gif

At first I thought of changing my adapter but then again might as well change the router so I wont the problem for other devices. I have tried wireless AP with a TP-Link AP before. But for me seems like not very stable as my device cant connect to the AP most of the time and will revert back to the original router but not sure if its my TP-Link AP problem or not.
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Bro, your problem is very common. Most of the people are complaining that they are having bad WiFi in their house but if you really want the best wifi system, you have to invest a lot. By buying those so called, "high gain router" doesn't really help much in most of the circumstances, there will still have slow wifi problems due to interference from your neighbor's wifi. In terms of stability, most of the Asus router will do a very good job, but ofc not those cheap ones.

Second, never ever put your router in the front of your house, put it at the center point of your house in order to get equal signal strength from your router to every corners of your house. If you can't change the setup, then get yourself a few APs around your house. Connect to the AP whichever is close to you so that you can get good speed.

Lastly, I would recommend you to get TP-Link Archer C3150 or Asus AC1300UHP if you want a cheaper option. Both routers perform quite well.

This post has been edited by mztang52: Mar 8 2018, 01:42 PM
mztang52
post Mar 8 2018, 10:54 PM

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QUOTE(berrycoo~ @ Mar 8 2018, 08:36 PM)
So does this mean that using 5ghz bandwidth i can achieve higher speed when i am upstairs as compared to 2.4ghz? And I guess upgrading my router will improve the situation? As my current one doesnt even have external antenna sweat.gif

I am thinking of getting the ac1200g+ as that doesnt cost that much and is similar to the ac1300uhp. What do you think?
Ah my bad indeed that was repeater mode. So for client mode must connect ethernet to pc?
That time is was my parents who setup the fibre cable and they chose the living room as it is nearer and dont need to pull the fibre so far as there will be extra charges and I was still small that time dint know anything sweat.gif

Set up a few AP in repeater mode?

As for router, I am thinking of getting the ac1200g+ as that doesnt cost that much and is similar to the ac1300uhp. What do you think?
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https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4524140
Check out this router, should be able to do a good job for your case.
If you don't mind having a router without 5Ghz, you can consider TP-Link WR941HP. However if there are a lot of 2.4Ghz network surrounding around your house, I would really not recommend you to buy this router as it will only cause more interference and eventually degrade your network speed.

 

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