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I moved into a new place and my old Wi-Fi router just doesn't have the range to get into all the rooms. I've been investigating a lot of options and I'm wondering what other folks have done here. Moving the current location of my primary Wi-Fi router is not an option thanks to our cable provider and our landlord.
- Buy a bigger, beefier router (seems expensive). If so, should I go for one of those draft 802.11n ones to avoid microwave/other Wi-Fi router interference?
- Set up a router with DD-WRT as a repeater
- Leech the neighbors' open Wi-Fi access point.
Alright, I was kidding about the last one but I'm genuinely curious as to what my best option is.
1Also, if DD-WRT is on your router, you can increase the default signal strength or pick a channel others aren't using like 11. – hyperslug – 2009-08-04T07:38:32.570
2you ARE a superuser – bobobobo – 2009-08-04T11:55:05.120
@cesarB, so how do one know how many radios his/her router has? Is it a 2.4Ghz-only router counts as one radio, while a 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SIMULTANEOUS router count as two radio? Or are you talking about something completely different? – RayLuo – 2018-11-11T08:56:54.590
5No matter how many antennas your router has, if it only has 1 radio (very common even if it has more than one antenna), it will cut your speed in half. The only way to avoid it is to use 2 radios in 2 different channels (both radios can, of course, share the same antenna). – CesarB – 2009-09-12T02:26:56.723
@CesarB, good catch; it should be radio, not antenna. – hyperslug – 2009-09-12T15:25:48.080