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What are the best solutions for extending Wi-Fi range in a big, old house with thick walls? I rent, so I'd rather avoid adding any cables. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by joelthelion@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have an extender already, but it's a cheap one and bandwidth sucks. Any success stories?

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[–] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To expand on your comment:

It's only as good as the total loss and delay for any given route. One weak connection does not define the speed and delay, instead, the accumulative weakness of all used mesh units, from the modem to your computer, does.

Therefore, you usually want to minimize the number of mesh units the connection has to go through, like making a cabled star or mesh topology instead of a wireless linear topology.

Might not be relevant for op, but playing games or using VNC or other time sensitive tasks can become really tough.