Wifi extending

[liphook]

Hi, advice will be appreciated.

I live in a two storey house with solid brick walls, WiFi signal is good downstairs but is hit and miss upstairs.

I tried tp link WiFi extenders, but discovered that upstairs is on a different mains ring to downstairs, so they were no use.

im looking at a tp link mesh network -https://www.techadvisor.com/article/721027/tp-link-deco-p9-review.html

I have tried to read up but can’t find out if they also need to be on the same mains ring to work, or if the work different.

any one have experience with these and how they work?

 

[xero50]

Mesh networking is definitely a better answer/solution to the problem.
It is not dependent on or anything to do with power cables.
Personally, I would always suggest/recommend the use of ethernet cables to backhaul from an access-point back to the main public facing edge appliance. That said, it is possible to use a mesh over wifi or a combination of wifi and physical ethrnet cables.
This article illustrates the principles involved - What Is a Mesh Network? How Does It Work?

As a general aside/alternative, you will probably find that placing the wifi access point device upstairs, it will most likely adequately cover both the upstairs floor and the floors below it rather than the other way around.

 

[urie]

Hi, advice will be appreciated.

I live in a two storey house with solid brick walls, WiFi signal is good downstairs but is hit and miss upstairs.

I tried tp link WiFi extenders, but discovered that upstairs is on a different mains ring to downstairs, so they were no use.

im looking at a tp link mesh network -https://www.techadvisor.com/article/721027/tp-link-deco-p9-review.html

I have tried to read up but can’t find out if they also need to be on the same mains ring to work, or if the work different.

any one have experience with these and how they work?

I have tried home plugs wifi extenders e.t.c the best thing I invested in were DECO M4 Mesh twin pack few years back.

 

[grog68]

I have the TP_Link deco M4's, like you our house is brick wall and these work well. I have the tripple pack, one that is connected to vm Hub in back room, 2nd in front room so I can connect my VU+ to it via ethernet and 3rd in bedroom with a zgemma plugged in via ethernet. I've not had a single drop out since having them and get full house cover. Far better than wifi extenders or Home plugs

 

[Scufferoo]

I Don’t know the differences between the P9 and the M4 but I have the M4’s and as above they just work

 

[urie]

I Don’t know the differences between the P9 and the M4 but I have the M4’s and as above they just work

just read this on tplink forums,

Whatever you do, DON'T BUY the P9. Its bloody ridiculous that the company decided to release a "newer" product (P9) which has older and worst firmware than the M4. And when you include the P9 as the Main Deco, it completely stuffs up the network. So please DO NOT buy the P9. I am extremely disappointed that tp-link would do such a horrible job with the routers especially the new ones.

I am actually removing the P9 completely as it is completely de-stabilizing the network and buying more M4s

 

[Kirbybfc]

I'm a Deco user, definitly far better and IU now get full Wifi coverage throughout my 4 story house

 

[bazcfc1]

Mesh networking is definitely a better answer/solution to the problem.
It is not dependent on or anything to do with power cables.
Personally, I would always suggest/recommend the use of ethernet cables to backhaul from an access-point back to the main public facing edge appliance. That said, it is possible to use a mesh over wifi or a combination of wifi and physical ethrnet cables.
This article illustrates the principles involved - What Is a Mesh Network? How Does It Work?

As a general aside/alternative, you will probably find that placing the wifi access point device upstairs, it will most likely adequately cover both the upstairs floor and the floors below it rather than the other way around.

Agreed I’ve got the deco mesh system in our 2 storey house was best purchase I bought instead of homeplugs

 

[liphook]

Thank you all

Purchased the Decos and so far perfect signal in the whole house.

 

[bazcfc1]

Thank you all

Purchased the Decos and so far perfect signal in the whole house.

Can’t go wrong with them bud plus there’s usually updates for them

 

[RagnarMan]

Mesh is the way forward imo

 

[mrafc]

I've got p9s not had any issues myself and they do use power lines for data lines aswell.

 

[urie]

I've got p9s not had any issues myself and they do use power lines for data lines aswell.

I don't think deco mesh does actually use powerlines type I still think it uses wifi signal for ethernet connection if you know what i mean rather than via electricity supply

 

[mrafc]

Dont know if there are different models but this one does

 

[bazcfc1]

View attachment 94734Dont know if there are different models but this one does

Is that the m4r ones

 

[mrafc]

Is that the m4r ones

No deco p9 says ac1200 and av1000 on the box. They are a couple of years old.

 

[urie]

View attachment 94734Dont know if there are different models but this one does

tplink yes you can probably still use there powerline adaptors that you may have had, but unless we get feedback from @liphook considering he has different ring mains at one time this was not possible.

just reading up on thid General Questions about the Powerline or PLC Backhaul Feature of Deco | TP-Link United Kingdom

 

[formandvoid]

TP Links will work no problem on different ring mains. Pretty much all houses have an upstairs ring main and a downstairs ring main unless the wiring is very old,in which case they had 1 ring main covering the upstairs and downstairs.

 

[m4u]

I got an extender from my ISP and works wonders. Have you tried to contact them OP?

 

[akhlaq768]

I’m with virgin using their 1GB package

But my wifi is slway below 600mb using the deco 55 mesh system

Any suggestion how I can get the full 1 gb over wifi