My friend , let’s nake him CC, recently rented a room in an apartment. Rooms 1-4 are other tenants. There is wifi in the apartment, located next to the entrance labeled A
He and his companion OL stays in room 5. The wifi signal is only decent when they leave the room door open. But they prefer to keep the door closed for privacy. That when the wifi signal dips and becomes unbearably slow.
Any ideas how to “boost” the wifi signal/performance without modifying or touch the WiFi router at point A?
I was thinking of “hanging” a wifi receiver on the side of the door that faces the landlord’s wifi router at the entrance, run the cable between the gaps between the door and the door frame and into the room, and connect an AP to broadcast the wifi signal received from the landlord’s wifi router. Any advice on this thinking of mine?
Their rental least is 1year, so nothing permanent and easily disassembled would be great.
At first I was thinking of recommending them using a pair of powerline adaptor from one end to the other, but seeing that the apartment isn’t that new, I reckon the electrical wireing is less then suitable.
In sort, how to “pickup” the signal from wifi router at “Point A” and broadcast in “Room B” it may or many not be using the same ssid of the landlord’s wifi router that’s broadcasted.
Something like: Wifi Router @ Point A -------------> wifi receiver ----------> wifi router/AP in room 5/point B
What will I need in all for the setup I’m thinking of.
I would place a wireless access point somewhere in the corridor, either in the ceiling outside your door or just on some table if there is one.
If your friend has an option to consult with others and check the wi-fi signal in their rooms (1-4) to figure out roughly where the most significant signal drop is… Considering what you said about electrical status in that place…
Probably an AP in the spot B could help, but there might be a situation when AP in room 3 or 4 would help more — if your friend is planning to just buy it, I would just test it in those three spots to find what setup gives the best effect.
But, if there are more apartments in the building, all of them (assumption) with their own wi-fi — I would start tinkering with channels first to see if that would resolve the issue or at least boost the signal to any usable state.