I am currently living in an old home where wireless barely penetrates everywhere. Our router is on the second floor on one end of the house, and even on the other side of that floor, I can't get a connection on my phone.
Current setup is cable modem -> Almond+ router -> TPLink powerline adapter
Then one TPLink wireless adapter on the other side of that middle floor and a couple of TPlink wired connections placed near media center, etc.
It is barely functional in this house on any floor. The powerline adapters seems to be kind of slow and drop connection periodically. The wireless works in some rooms and not others.
So I am willing to do a decent amount of what it takes to get it working. Do I need to roam around the house with a wifi strength tool mapping everything and then buy a bunch of Cisco or Aruba routers? I am renting so I can't really run new ethernet through the walls as much as I would like to...
Or alternatively, is there anyone in the Bay area that does small scale IT type consulting for this kind of thing?
Current setup is cable modem -> Almond+ router -> TPLink powerline adapter
Then one TPLink wireless adapter on the other side of that middle floor and a couple of TPlink wired connections placed near media center, etc.
It is barely functional in this house on any floor. The powerline adapters seems to be kind of slow and drop connection periodically. The wireless works in some rooms and not others.
So I am willing to do a decent amount of what it takes to get it working. Do I need to roam around the house with a wifi strength tool mapping everything and then buy a bunch of Cisco or Aruba routers? I am renting so I can't really run new ethernet through the walls as much as I would like to...
Or alternatively, is there anyone in the Bay area that does small scale IT type consulting for this kind of thing?