koolcoolkg
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Requirement for solid wireless network around my home
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I thought you said there was a big open verandah in the centre. The red dot looks like its at the edge of your layout. Are the units in meters?
koolcoolkg
Explorer
My sincere apologies!
It is not exactly at centre but it is in front center of layout.
Yep units in Metres.
So if I mount on the wall of verandah,will it broadcast signals in completely?
I edited your pic - is the Asus placed at the blue dot , and the last room is bedroom 2? :
The Asus is able to cross 6~7 walls / ~47 feet and still throw up a signal. Thats actually pretty decent. What more were you expecting?
The groove is 500mW and the Asus should be 125mW, so a 6 dbm increase in power should double your existing range.
Assuming currently with your Asus router you get a good usable signal at a halfway point say around the bathroom area, then the groove should be able to transmit a usable signal to your last room.
koolcoolkg
Explorer
I edited your pic - is the Asus placed at the blue dot , and the last room is bedroom 2? :
The Asus is able to cross 6~7 walls / ~47 feet and still throw up a signal. Thats actually pretty decent. What more were you expecting?
The groove is 500mW and the Asus should be 125mW, so a 6 dbm increase in power should double your existing range.
Assuming currently with your Asus router you get a good usable signal at a halfway point say around the bathroom area, then the groove should be able to transmit a usable signal to your last room.
Yep you are correct!
I get a single signal in last room but in the floor below(same plan);I get fluctuating range in living.
My question is will Groove be able to cover entire 2 floors??
Thanks for your sincere reply!
Regards,
Kunal
Could be because the floor/roof is very thick or the Asus antennas are polarized that way. Stronger antennas usually have more horizontal coverage than vertical range. I can't find polar plots for the Groove antenna, so can't say how that will be. The antenna is detachable, so you could connect a smaller 2dbi antenna for more vertical coverage, but then horizontal coverage would suffer. Or you can get one more groove unit and place it on the floor below.
Bought one A52HPn. Lets see - delivery is on Monday/Tuesday.
koolcoolkg
Explorer
Please post your setup so that I can get an idea!
aman.pitbull
Forerunner
TP-Link adsl modem + TP-Link tl wr-1043nd ;
chetansha
Innovator
Cost , source ?
koolcoolkg
Explorer
Won't work dude!
No range at ground floor
koolcoolkg
Explorer
Is it Multilink?
At what cost?
blr_p
Northstar
Before buying anything how about you place n12 on either of the crockery units for a test ?
i think you just need to hook up to the mains and if wifi comes on you will get an idea of how strong the signal actually is with range testing. You want 60-75dbm wherever you want wifi. 75-80-85 is getting weak.
Must place as centrally as possible otherwise you're wasting your signal. As you have placed it now in the gallery 1/2 of your signal is being broadcasted outside your house. Moving it to designated spot will only give you a minor improvement.
i suppose you mean 1 bar out of 4. Even google+ is laggy with 1 bar. Not good will drain your battery quicker and will be very susceptible to neighbouring networks operating on the same channel if any. Ideally you want 2+/4 bar everywhere and stable.
How busy is your wifi spectrum btw ? try wifi anlyser and post the screen grab from main areas where you want wifi.
indicate where you want wifi to work on the plan. name it 1,2,3,4 etc. Post wifi analyser grab from those areas so as to get an idea of any potential interference.
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koolcoolkg
Explorer
That's the main issue friend.
The East part of Living has a huge window and the isp provides cable from the pole opposite to my house through the window.
So I can either transfer it in verandah or keep it there.
I had a struck across an idea.Not the expert though just wish to share:
An email convo with TPlink support.
Now as mentioned it has Horizontal 60 degrees and vertical 30 degrees coverage:
If I place it in such a way
That its at centre of both floor and extreme wall of stair case (to the right) will it work.
I am also keen to see how vivek sets up his groove.
dheerajjotwani
Discoverer
in my scene, i have the groove placed atop a crockery unit in the middle floor lobby which is central to the hosue layout and fairly open. the ceiling height is 10ft so that helps... now farthest away on either diagnol, i get minimum three bars. no other ap has been able to reach all corners of the building.
koolcoolkg
Explorer
What's your carpet area?
dheerajjotwani
Discoverer
about 2400 sqft each floor. 3 floors and a basement ! all gets covered. plus my neighbor across the road gets my wifi signals too
blr_p
Northstar
What is the problem ?
ISP gives you an ethernet cable.
ISP -> hub -ethernet cable--punch a hole in the wall near ceiling -->n12 (place router on center crockery unit not the other)
I would not be surprised if your existing n12 suffices to do the job with this configuration.
Make better use of what you have before spending on something new. If that does not work then you will be more confident of the purchase. Otherwise wherever you get 1 bar then you will get 2 bars instead of 3 or 4. Hardly ideal.
You have a big appartment with a number of walls around, granted they are not too thick but will still absorb signal. So you have to place any router centrally for optimum range.
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Yeah try this out first. Atleast just power on the router - even without the cable internet connected to it, it will still broadcast a local wifi network, and you can measure signal strength.
If it works, you can connect a second N12 on the floor below and solve the vertical coverage issue.
Might work. How much does the antenna cost?I had a struck across an idea.Not the expert though just wish to share:
An email convo with TPlink support.
Now as mentioned it has Horizontal 60 degrees and vertical 30 degrees coverage:
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koolcoolkg
Explorer
Ok will try with that router and analyze signals.
It's TL-WA5210G
Last when I checked amazon it was ₹2250/-