Problems with Wireless coverage, extender and so on...

[MarcoGT]

Hi all,

I have a flat which is 80sq, plus garden/parking and so on it is almost 100sq.
Unfortunately the WiFi router (Fritz!Box 7490) is located and one side of the flat (where the phone plug is located) and I couldn't reach the other side of the garden+parking so I bought a Fritz!Repeater (E310) which works fine for maybe two weeks then something happens; I still have connection to the repeater and the repeater does have connection to router but something is not OK because, for example, Skype videocall are so bad, webpages loading is slow and so on.
I need to have time to sit there and make an analisys of what is going on.
The other idea is to buy an access point connect via ethernet cable (I have Ethernet cable running in my flat) and place it in the middle of the flat and then disable the WiFi of the Fritz!Box (or keep it both active if needed).

What is wrong with my idea?

Thanks
Marco

 

[pege63]

Nothing is wrong with your idea "to buy an access point connected via ethernet cable and place it in the middle of the flat" thats is the right way to do it.
Enable the WiFi on the Fritz!Box for better coverage in the both ends of the flat.
But as allways that's my opinion.....

 

[MarcoGT]

So...after I googled a little bit I found out my next purchase
Ubiquiti Unifi...the question is: AC-LR (Long Range) or AC-Pro?
I will go for AC over "not-AC" because even if at the moment I do not have any AC-device (I have one by is connected with cable ), that standard will be the future.
But I cannot decide between LR and Pro; LR seems to have a better range, but the declared range of Pro should be enough for me...

 

[pege63]

There is nothing wrong with the Unifi AC-PRO, BUT if i where you i would go for at ASUS RT-AC68U or a Netgear R7000 put them in AP mode.
WHY i think the price is the same (here its so) and you would have 3 or 4 in 1 product for future use (Router/AP /Bridge/Repeater) modes.