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I'm working for this project and they are launching a new Internet system to support 8 small housing units.
Currently the reception is REALLY bad and only one house gets interent connection (The house that powers the router). How can we maximize the range of the reception so all of the 8 houses will have full reception and internet connection?
I heard the following solutions:
- Adding Antenas to the Router (There are big enough antennas? One would be enough?)
- Adding a router for each housing unit. But does this mean we need to buy 7 more Modems as well? And how do we set it up?
Thanks.
2You don't mention the Access Point you are using or the physical distance you are trying to cover. You would need to provide a site map for any answer here to be reliable... Also make up of the walls help, if there is metal in the walls signal will not be able to permeate. However if it's an apt complex and the walls are thin adding more access points may do more harm then good (less is more with large scale wireless deployments). Antenna may work but you NEED 2 and it helps greatly if the two antenna have line of site. – Supercereal – 2012-08-16T15:19:41.287
In addition to what Kyle stated above, the direction of the other domiciles compared to the first also matters. Are they all on the same story? Are they all in a row? How are they arranged? – MaQleod – 2012-08-16T17:43:38.027