I have a site (3 floor house) that I have been trying to optimize the wireless signal in. I used a E4200 for my testing as it has much better signal than the WRT160N that they had installed.
We found that the best place for the router is practically dead center of the house. This provides great wireless coverage everywhere except in 3 rooms on the first floor in the back.
Those 3 rooms get really poor if any coverage. Granted the house is made from concrete cinder block.
I just ordered an Asus N66U for this location since, it is by far the best router I've owned to date. Also the QoS that it provides will help keep browsing speed up as part of the year a few rooms are rented out.
The only other problem is that the place is on the beach in Costa Rica. So they get 40+ degree Celsius weather, plus humidity sometimes of 100% when it rains. The entire home has been designed with an open air concept so really all locations in the home are susceptible to the environment. The plan is to mount the router in a hallway, where it will be covered by a roof and an over hang from a balcony. So really the only thing I'm really worried about is humidity. Any suggestions on dealing with that?
Also any suggestions on getting wireless in those rooms would be helpful. Again since those specific rooms sometimes have guest in them, we don't want to have something in there that they could play with.
Thanks in advance!
We found that the best place for the router is practically dead center of the house. This provides great wireless coverage everywhere except in 3 rooms on the first floor in the back.
Those 3 rooms get really poor if any coverage. Granted the house is made from concrete cinder block.
I just ordered an Asus N66U for this location since, it is by far the best router I've owned to date. Also the QoS that it provides will help keep browsing speed up as part of the year a few rooms are rented out.
The only other problem is that the place is on the beach in Costa Rica. So they get 40+ degree Celsius weather, plus humidity sometimes of 100% when it rains. The entire home has been designed with an open air concept so really all locations in the home are susceptible to the environment. The plan is to mount the router in a hallway, where it will be covered by a roof and an over hang from a balcony. So really the only thing I'm really worried about is humidity. Any suggestions on dealing with that?
Also any suggestions on getting wireless in those rooms would be helpful. Again since those specific rooms sometimes have guest in them, we don't want to have something in there that they could play with.
Thanks in advance!
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