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JPSmit

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This morning's job is concluding mounting our TV on the wall.

Got the frame up, got the hole cut for the recessed outlet behind etc. etc. wiring will be easy.

Two questions.

1. Wireless Booster. We live in a 1940 story & a half home. we have about 2000 square feet with a further 400 square foot apartment. wireless needs to cover all this space. Over the years, there have been additions to the house - front porch is now a room and an office has been added on the back. Likewise the apartment was a later add on. All this means that at least three interior walls used to be exterior walls.

Currently the modem & wifi transmitter are in the upstairs bedroom - centrally located and works well. I am planning on moving it into the office at the back so that the TV can be hard wired to the modem. This will speed up the TV (smart TV) but, may affect wifi, particularly to the front pf the house and the apartment. So, any suggestions? I know there are various boosters out there but they mystify the heck out of me. advice gratefully received (simple words please ;)

2. Splitters. I am currently planning a new piece of coax from the main unit (where the cable enters the house) to the TV and the modem. (the original weaves and wanders so that I can't really move it. Is it OK to put on a splitter? (one to the modem one to the TV) or will this degrade the quality of the signal?

ideas?

thanks all
 
JP, I would use a high tech splitter, not one of the Walmart brands. TV satellite Cos use them. We have them around the house and they work very well. I have no idea of the brand or type. I like the WIFI modem with the external antenna. I have three wireless modems and the one with the external antenna seems to have a better range. PJ
 
I recently bought a Netgear Wifi Range Extender to improve the wifi signal in my shop. It's a small thing that plugs into a wall outlet and has two little antennas. It was ridiculously easy to set up and it works like a charm. The only downside I can see is that creates another wifi signal with the same name as my main signal but with _ext on the end. You have to tell your devices to connect to the new signal (or tell them to connect to whichever is stronger). Not a huge problem really.
 
Verizon just put a splitter at my new TV. One out to the TV and one to a secondary router. The main router is too far away. The tech didn't deem fazed about using a splitter.
 
Google "Coax booster" and see the RCA unit for the TV signal (simple: two connectors on a metal box. IN and OUT). For the WiFi you can do what Keith did or set up about any WiFi router as a repeater.
 
DrEntropy said:
Google "Coax booster" and see the RCA unit for the TV signal (simple: two connectors on a metal box. IN and OUT). For the WiFi you can do what Keith did or set up about any WiFi router as a repeater.
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thanks all, and thanks for coax booster bit Doc, that helped explain things. Will keep you posted.
 
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