Best way to extend range on RT-BE88U? Small dead spot that I need to get coverage to.

[Mognar]

Hi,

I upgraded our wi-fi recently and installed an RT-BE88U. Definitely happy with the new hardware, but I do have a dead spot in my daughter's room that I would like to get coverage to. Originally, I tried using the older N66U to extend, but the results were not great.

The BE88U is in the living room and my daughter's room is above the garage. We get great coverage into the first 10 feet or so of her room and the rest gets sporadic, if any coverage. Unfortunately, her bed and desk are in the dead area. What would be the best way to extend full coverage into her room without breaking the bank? I can't move the hardware for multiple reasons, so looking to add an extender or whatever may be suited for the task. I've never had to deal with dead spots on wi-fi before, so don't have much experience and which is why I'm here

My daughter is only here one weekend a month, so trying to do it without spending hundreds of dollars, but will do what is necessary to extend the coverage.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Mog

 

[degrub]

We discussed the options before in your previous thread to solve the issue. The physics and obstacles didn't change because you obtained a BE class wifi router. Still limited by regulated max transmission power in the router (same across versions) and, more likely, the transmission power of her devices.

You can try setting up a repeater closer to the main wifi router, maybe in a window facing the garage, if available. Otherwise, a solid solution is to run a cable (ethernet CAT6 or RG6 coax) up to her room.

Or maybe relocate the bed and desk to the existing coverage.

 

[Mognar]

In my previous post, I was inquiring about using the older router as a repeater. Here, I'm looking for suggestions for whatever new hardware will work best with the new BE88U to extend the coverage fully in the 2nd floor. Since this is the BE forum, I'm hoping others have used some specific brands, models, etc. and could recommend something that we could use that would not break the bank, wihtout adding a 2nd BE88U or similar. Simply put, I've never purchase an extender, etc, so not sure what I should be looking for or what other have found to work well with this router. Hope that makes sense. TIA!

 

[degrub]

Do you have any wifi 7 devices that can take advantage of the BE features ?
There is no range improvement with BE class over AX class equipment.

Since you have a BE class router, you could try

https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/range-extenders/all-series/rp-be58/

BTW, repeaters give you 1/2 of the available bandwidth by definition if it is using the same radio for uplink and re-transmit to clients.

You will have to position it so that is gets good signal level for the wifi uplink and is able to Tx/Rx from the client devices in the garage room without causing issues with the main wifi router. i don't know if there are any Tx power adjustments available if you place it in the room on the side with the adequate existing signal as it may have too much Tx power for the room.

The solutions for the wifi issue are still the same as the original. All you can do is experiment and see if it works. Buy from a retailer that has a generous return policy.

 

[CaptainSTX]

In my previous post, I was inquiring about using the older router as a repeater. Here, I'm looking for suggestions for whatever new hardware will work best with the new BE88U to extend the coverage fully in the 2nd floor. Since this is the BE forum, I'm hoping others have used some specific brands, models, etc. and could recommend something that we could use that would not break the bank, wihtout adding a 2nd BE88U or similar. Simply put, I've never purchase an extender, etc, so not sure what I should be looking for or what other have found to work well with this router. Hope that makes sense. TIA!

For your use case a travel router would be an easy and inexpensive solution since you only need to cover a small area of your home primarily for use by one individual. Gl-inet travel routers work very well, are compact and are inexpensive. Set up the travel router where it can pick up the signal from your primary router and depending on how you configure it rebroadcast the WiFi either working as a repeater using the same SSID or have it rebroadcast using its own SSID which your daughter could use when visiting and in her room.