Wi-Fi routers what do you use? Coverage in the house?

[drajj5]

I set up an Orbi mesh router for the house and garage. The service is a radio link to the next mountain. The ISP provides a box with an RJ45 on it, I set up the rest. I ran IT for a company that grew from 20 to a couple hundred so I have some experience setting equipment up.

I like the Orbi because it doesn't need an app to set up. There's a good web based management UI. I don't trust companies with my router set up info.

Never heard of this.. I will have to check it out! And the bonus of setting up locally seems easier I.E. (setting up without internet service)

 

[Mtsoxfan]

We use Verizon. For $25 per month, we get this magic cube. It provides wifi. We can stream Thursday Night Football without issues. Get at least 100' range, haven't tried any father, no need to.

 

[Locoweed]

I bought a older Orbi off from ebay & have been very pleased with it. If you have a router with external antennas, try mounting a outside antenna up high & connect it to the router with a cable. That worked well for me while it lasted.

 

[ultrarunner]

That’s a great deal… I used a borrowed Verizon Cube that is not suppose to work here and it does but more like $45 per month.

 

[tomplum]

Ubiquiti access point in the house, one in the shop via cable and one outside to cover the front.

 

[LittleBill21]

you are better off with mesh units, you need to understand wifi is a 2 way street, although the router can yell louder, the phone in your pocket can't. Now some units have better antennas' but there is a limit. most mesh units on the market are good enough for most people. Commercial units have different requirements, and won't necessarily gain you much.

buy a 3 pack. hardwire one to the main router, disable the wifi in the main router, and just use the mesh units. follow the directions. they typical tell you how to place them.

this would work well for you.

Amazon.com

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Currently Amplify mesh which is part of Ubiquity. This one here:

AmpliFi | Faster, Whole-Home Wi-Fi

Prior to that I used Orbi mesh, but my system went EOL, no more firmware updates. Had good luck with it.

 

[mikester]

I use several wifi routers running OpenWRT and I keep my networks separated with firewalled LAN/VLANs. Guest, Kids, Home, IoT, Work. Important stuff is on wired gigabit LAN. Hardware these days is less important, most modern hardware is pretty capable.

 

[jk96]

I like the tp link routers. 2 story home plus basement. We have a tp link mesh extender in the basement. 4300 sq ft all 3 levels and no signal issues.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

That’s a great deal… I used a borrowed Verizon Cube that is not suppose to work here and it does but more like $45 per month.

I double checked, still 25. That said, Verizon limits who can get, maybe don't want to overload system? IDK, we had to use a different address in another state to get approved though...
Tmobile was 50