I am moving next week to a new apartment and would love some advice on how to set it up so that I have max speed everywhere.
the apartment is linear and is arranged like this:
living room>>>kitchen>>>>>>>>>>steps to downstairs>>bedrooms>>yard
I need wired ethernet connections in the basement for my computer and streaming media players. I would strongly prefer to have wired connections in the living room as well. I would like to have very strong wifi in the bedrooms and yard, but wired connections are not needed.
I would like to run as few cables through the apartment as possible, since I cannot drop them through the ceiling or hide them in walls (rental apartment) but good speed through the apartment and yard are a bigger priority.
I currently own 2 Airport Extremes (wireless N and AC.) One was not good enough to get a strong signal through my current (smaller) apartment. I don't know if the 2 routers (one as an access point) will be enough to get me good speed throughout my upstairs, basement and yard. Should I buy an Airport Express and set it up near the bedrooms? Should I sell the Apple routers on craigslist and just start all over? Something in between?
the apartment is linear and is arranged like this:
living room>>>kitchen>>>>>>>>>>steps to downstairs>>bedrooms>>yard
I need wired ethernet connections in the basement for my computer and streaming media players. I would strongly prefer to have wired connections in the living room as well. I would like to have very strong wifi in the bedrooms and yard, but wired connections are not needed.
I would like to run as few cables through the apartment as possible, since I cannot drop them through the ceiling or hide them in walls (rental apartment) but good speed through the apartment and yard are a bigger priority.
I currently own 2 Airport Extremes (wireless N and AC.) One was not good enough to get a strong signal through my current (smaller) apartment. I don't know if the 2 routers (one as an access point) will be enough to get me good speed throughout my upstairs, basement and yard. Should I buy an Airport Express and set it up near the bedrooms? Should I sell the Apple routers on craigslist and just start all over? Something in between?
