The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Access Point for 3 floors house

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Carlovfx, Aug 5, 2012.

  1. Carlovfx

    Carlovfx Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello wonderful gang,
    at the moment i have cabled the entire house with 1GBit LAN cables and everything works perfectly.

    Since i would like to share the internet connection using wireless as well i was looking at access points for that but i got stuck.

    I don't mind using more than one access point (for example one for each floor), but i would like to know which to buy.

    To make a story short: i need a machine that gets the connection plugging a ethernet cable into it and then spreads that connection using wireless.

    The only devices that i need to connect wirelessy are Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and mobile phones, all my other devices are already cabled.

    I don't care about protection, there is no one around my house for miles.

    Can anyone help me on what to buy plz?

    I was looking at TL-WPA281, you can connect it using the powerline and give connection to all the floors both wireless and ethernet. Looks like the perfect solution since i could have wireless connection everywhere and fast.

    Now my question is: can i just buy 3 of those TL-WPA281 (1 for each floor) connecting one to the router ethernet port or do I have to buy different models?

    How does it connect wireless? Imagine that i connect to the one on the bottom floor then i move with my mobile phone to the upper floor, will it connect automatically to the one on the upper floor? If all of them share the same wireless name should i check the one with more bandwith at the moment to recognize that it's the one on the same floor as I am?

    I am confused...
     
  2. __-_-_-__

    __-_-_-__ God

    Reputations:
    337
    Messages:
    1,864
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    just buy bi directional antennas. if isn't enough, which I doubt, buy an amplifier. fixed. that's all you need.
     
  3. Carlovfx

    Carlovfx Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    thanks man, i am looking into it now.
     
  4. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

    Reputations:
    7,588
    Messages:
    10,023
    Likes Received:
    1,077
    Trophy Points:
    581
    You will need a router with external antennas though. I'd look at TP-Link routers for that.
     
  5. __-_-_-__

    __-_-_-__ God

    Reputations:
    337
    Messages:
    1,864
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    you don't need a router with external antennas. you can mod the router very easily and save a lot. most even have u.fl connectors inside. get an u.fl to rp-sma pigtail and you are done. as easy as a pie.
     
  6. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,729
    Messages:
    8,722
    Likes Received:
    2,230
    Trophy Points:
    331
    It can be done for sure but a lot of routers don't use u.fl connectors or in some cases manufacturers use those in one router and don't use in another one (in some cases like Linksys E4200 they even use connectors for 5GHz antennas and don't use them for 2.4GHz ones)- so that would have to be researched.

    Also I don't see a point of buying a router and voiding its warranty to make a modification instead of just buying one with easily replaceable antennas.
    That's a good solution only if it's about modding a current router instead of buying a new one.