cronshd
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Hi (this is my first post)
We are about to complete renovation of our house - and one sub-contractor is doing the TV-internet cabling.
We have internet and TV supplied by a national cable company and it has worked fine in the past before the renovation - except signal strength falls to about 15% on some parts of the house.
The set up is that the cable comes into the house at one side and from there, the modem feeds to a Linksys Wireless Router.
Our expert is recommending that we fit a (very expensive) business class NetGear Wireless Access Point in the center of the house to maximize performance.
This piece of kit (he has not yet told me the model) - might cost >$400. He says it has a lifetime guarantee and never goes wrong. I am not convinced by this - and wonder if there are other cheaper/more effective options (to maximize signal strength).
I am guessing (to be confirmed) that he is recommending the NetGear WNDAP350 ProSafe.
He also says this requires specialist installation (extra cost).
Is this appropriate for a domestic installation? Is it overkill?
What are the other/better(?) options?
Many thanks, D.
We are about to complete renovation of our house - and one sub-contractor is doing the TV-internet cabling.
We have internet and TV supplied by a national cable company and it has worked fine in the past before the renovation - except signal strength falls to about 15% on some parts of the house.
The set up is that the cable comes into the house at one side and from there, the modem feeds to a Linksys Wireless Router.
Our expert is recommending that we fit a (very expensive) business class NetGear Wireless Access Point in the center of the house to maximize performance.
This piece of kit (he has not yet told me the model) - might cost >$400. He says it has a lifetime guarantee and never goes wrong. I am not convinced by this - and wonder if there are other cheaper/more effective options (to maximize signal strength).
I am guessing (to be confirmed) that he is recommending the NetGear WNDAP350 ProSafe.
He also says this requires specialist installation (extra cost).
Is this appropriate for a domestic installation? Is it overkill?
What are the other/better(?) options?
Many thanks, D.