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General Maximus · 12-01-2014, 13:09

you can do a couple of things dude:

1) You can buy homeplugs (little things which you can put into power points in each room) which will extend your wireless network throughout the house and give you far better coverage. This is an example of the kind of thing you would need http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-W...less+home+plug
2) If your pcs are located in different rooms of the house and you have already got some cables running to each room you can take one of the cables running to an opposite end of the house and attach a second rouiter to it and use it as a wireless access point. The pc can retain its wired connection by connecting to the switch on the second router.

Now this is the best bit, taking into account the cost of the first option above, I would recommend doing the following which will help you out in so many ways. If your dlink router is VM supplied the chances are it is an older model with flakely wireless and 100mbits ports, so you would be looking at an upgrade in the future anyways. Soooooo, why not use your dlink as the second router/wireless ap for option 2 and let the new router act as your primary router? This router http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LINKSYS-CI...item1e7e9893ff kicks ass in every respect and not only will it have excellent wireless coverage (and may solve your problem without the need for the second router) it has simultaneous dual band, gigabit ports and loads of other cool features. I would recommend getting this and setting it up as your primary router and see what difference it makes to your wireless, and then if needs be, situate the dlink elsewhere in the house and use it as a secondary access point.

With regards to your comments about VM/BT/Sky and wi-fi, all isps have their own branded routers which they obviously want to produce as cheap as possible so anything they provide isn't going to be as good as a 3rd party router which you invest good money on yourself. The one I have recommended above originally retailed at ~£120 and really is superb. It is definitely a worth while investment which is going to revolutionise your lan.

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General Maximus cf.mega poster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln Services: phone + 1gbit BB + SkyQ Posts: 11,021	Re: WI FI Booster you can do a couple of things dude: 1) You can buy homeplugs (little things which you can put into power points in each room) which will extend your wireless network throughout the house and give you far better coverage. This is an example of the kind of thing you would need http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-W...less+home+plug 2) If your pcs are located in different rooms of the house and you have already got some cables running to each room you can take one of the cables running to an opposite end of the house and attach a second rouiter to it and use it as a wireless access point. The pc can retain its wired connection by connecting to the switch on the second router. Now this is the best bit, taking into account the cost of the first option above, I would recommend doing the following which will help you out in so many ways. If your dlink router is VM supplied the chances are it is an older model with flakely wireless and 100mbits ports, so you would be looking at an upgrade in the future anyways. Soooooo, why not use your dlink as the second router/wireless ap for option 2 and let the new router act as your primary router? This router http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LINKSYS-CI...item1e7e9893ff kicks ass in every respect and not only will it have excellent wireless coverage (and may solve your problem without the need for the second router) it has simultaneous dual band, gigabit ports and loads of other cool features. I would recommend getting this and setting it up as your primary router and see what difference it makes to your wireless, and then if needs be, situate the dlink elsewhere in the house and use it as a secondary access point. With regards to your comments about VM/BT/Sky and wi-fi, all isps have their own branded routers which they obviously want to produce as cheap as possible so anything they provide isn't going to be as good as a 3rd party router which you invest good money on yourself. The one I have recommended above originally retailed at ~£120 and really is superb. It is definitely a worth while investment which is going to revolutionise your lan.