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Wireless router advice

DRD

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My house is on bt Internet .I get about 40 Meg speed

I have two tp-link range extenders that use the 240v ring main to get the signal round the house

To get broadband into my pinshed I have a conduit that takes a network cable from a tplink unit inside my house, through the wall, under ground and into the pinshed.

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This cable carrying the signal is what you plug into a laptop. What wireless device do I need to buy pls so I can set up a mini wireless network inside the shed pls ?

Thanks
 
Wireless Access Point

I use Ubiquiti AP AC Pro, because I have other Ubiquiti kit, but you can get away with much cheaper alternatives. ‘Get away with’ does not mean ‘solidly rely on’ though.
 
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BT wholehome Wi-fi single disc award winning - beats them all!


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And the. You can buy extra discs if you ever need them!


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Given that the shed is only 7.5m by 5m and has a stud partition wall, does anyone know a practical ie cheapo wireless access point to go for pls ?

We are not gamers. Just home office type stuff .Skype .

The house is all sorted, this is merely a little network for the shed that offers reasonable security

For a signal to get from inside my house into my shed it has to travel trough a cavity brick wall. Concrete cladding. Then 2 pieces of foil backed celotex ie 4 layers of thick aluminium foil - which is why I put the wire into it .
 
DRD said:
We are not gamers.
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Says the person asking about Internet in their gamesroom.

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Get an ‘AC’ capable Access Point.

Or ‘N’ as the bare minimum if all you do is check the weather forecast instead of looking out the window.
 
I read that you could reprogramme old routers to perform this WAP role. But my old router had a sticky IP address that did not want to be changed so I aborted.

I bought a basic tp link powerline adapter for £15. Naturally it came with no instructions so I had to use the web message based help desk

It is in now delivering 40 to 45 MB speed which is more than adequate. Especially compared to the 3 MB at best I was getting using the wifi signal passing through brick and foil wrapped celotex. The foil must be the cause of this as the shed is only a couple of meters from the house

Thanks for the help @Neil McRae and @Monkeyboypaul
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David

I have a spare Access Point I can post to you

D-link DWL 2100AP
 
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J.C.Rox said:
Needing to upgrade Wi-Fi at work to an area that doesn't get any like David's pinshack/masterbatorium, would this do it Ian? What would you want for it?
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Just the postage
 
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