msommers
02-04-2016, 07:40 PM
Ever since I've moved into this new place in Edmonton I've had a heck of a time getting reliable wifi throughout the condo. Finally I've got a system that works for me and just sharing in case anyone else is having problems.
So everyone knows that the Telus router's wifi is garbage. I got them to come and install a band extender that does 2.4 and 5g and that sort of helped but needed to be reset once a week.
My biggest issue was getting reliable wifi to my entertainment center. The router was placed where it was so I could hardwire from the Telus router to my computer to ensure that automatic cloud backups would be fairly reliable when away.
At first I was hoping that a range extender could fix things, but shortly after buying it the signal getting to it just wouldn't work often enough and seemed like there was sort of interference.
As a last strategy I went out and bought a powerline adapter to wire to the extender in the living room. And it worked! All the Telus supplied wireless stuff is turned off and the wifi is all supplied by the EX6200 Netgear extender, along with hardwiring into the xbox and squeezebox devices in the entertainment center.
For the distances involved I didn't think wifi would drop off so badly but it really did. And that Telus hardware is just plain crap.
For reference, at my computer I get about 55Mbps on speedtest, as I'm on Telus 50. Through the powerline adapter I got 35-45 hardwired and the same through the extender. Through 5G in the same room I get almost the same.
The two devices I got are:
D-LINK DHP-701AV Powerline AV2 2000
NETGEAR AC1200 Dual Band
In total was under $200 for both because of sales.
So everyone knows that the Telus router's wifi is garbage. I got them to come and install a band extender that does 2.4 and 5g and that sort of helped but needed to be reset once a week.
My biggest issue was getting reliable wifi to my entertainment center. The router was placed where it was so I could hardwire from the Telus router to my computer to ensure that automatic cloud backups would be fairly reliable when away.
At first I was hoping that a range extender could fix things, but shortly after buying it the signal getting to it just wouldn't work often enough and seemed like there was sort of interference.
As a last strategy I went out and bought a powerline adapter to wire to the extender in the living room. And it worked! All the Telus supplied wireless stuff is turned off and the wifi is all supplied by the EX6200 Netgear extender, along with hardwiring into the xbox and squeezebox devices in the entertainment center.
For the distances involved I didn't think wifi would drop off so badly but it really did. And that Telus hardware is just plain crap.
For reference, at my computer I get about 55Mbps on speedtest, as I'm on Telus 50. Through the powerline adapter I got 35-45 hardwired and the same through the extender. Through 5G in the same room I get almost the same.
The two devices I got are:
D-LINK DHP-701AV Powerline AV2 2000
NETGEAR AC1200 Dual Band
In total was under $200 for both because of sales.