Best access points that have strong signal through walls?

Answer Best answer as chosen by user Aldasar

Stop right there.

by R. Proffitt - 1/27/13 10:14 AM

In Reply to: Best access points that have strong signal through walls? by Aldasar

In most countries all routers have the same maximum power so you see little variation on distance and wall penetration. You may encounter folk that think one router rules them all but unless you go rogue and get some illegal high power router that you can't buy at a store, the answer is this is not how this is solved.

I use powerline networking if walls stand in the way.
Bob

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user Aldasar

Wifi attenuation

by Willy - 1/27/13 10:35 AM

In Reply to: Best access points that have strong signal through walls? by Aldasar

Think of wifi like water. Can water flow through walls, no. It needs some kind of leak or hole in order to get through. Think like that or "hardwired via cable" to go through a wall or to add distance. Signal strength is limited to power and ant. length or multiple ant. if so equipped. But power is still determined to max. to the FCC rules and in countries that have similar. So, you want to look at anything that increase dB rating or have straight line of sight the equipment in question. You may want to look at omni vs directional ordination of signal. Your best bet is better ant. thus look at ant. out there to increase range.

Sometimes if you look at "user provided tips/hints/hacks" it may give insight to the problem. The famous "mesh strainer" around a USB ant. to increase reception or "can ant." types. This works for remote yet close to source, like one end of building to another or barn to farmhouse.

tada -----Willy