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Is there any way to make my router extremely good. Or just my internet. Also if I got a shit ton of cheap routers and hooked them all together with ethernet switches and shit would it make my WiFi better? Or is that not a thing

>> No.1048315

>>1048300
Get an ethernet cable to get extremely good wifi.

>> No.1048319

>>1048300
If for some reason you can't just hard line it, you can make a reflector out of paper and tin foil to make one of the antennas somewhat directional. Most routers also have a setting to crank up the power.

>> No.1048322

>>1048300
It depends how good the routers are and how crowded your local area is. In most houses one router can cover a while floor pretty well. The 2nd floor usually needs it's own router because dipole antenna patterns.

>> No.1048331

>>1048300
Connect on the 2.4 GHz band. You can also try a repeater.

>> No.1048350

>>1048331
don't listen to him. the 2.4ghz is extremely crowded. it's being phased out for the 5ghz band exclusively. Wireless AC is only 5ghz and has more bandwidth. Travels less than 2.4ghz but thats a plus because your neighbors wireless 5ghz router can't take up your spectrum because it simply can't reach.

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>>1048300
Adding more intermediary devices won't make wifi faster. Typically you need one router that is facing the provider (through some modem or something) and the wifi AP (that is usually built into the home routers nowadays).

Check your connection speed/latency via a direct cable first. If these are worse than what you pay for, complain at your provider. Otherwise the problem is in your local network.

Also, select a wifi channel which is not so crowded, check the channels with e.g. a phone app.

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>>1048300
>Also if I got a shit ton of cheap routers and hooked them all together with ethernet switches and shit would it make my WiFi better?

No

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>>1048300
shit ton of cheap routers and hooked them all together with ethernet switches and shit would it make my WiFi better?

>> No.1048531

>>1048300
Just find a good location for your router. The highest possible and a good LOS to every room you want covered.

>> No.1048547

Also make sure you use proper internet cables, such as Monster Dataspeed™ 500
CAT-6 cable for Ethernet connections.

>> No.1048549

>>1048547
Can't stress this enough. Gigabytes are going down the drain if you don't buy Monster™ cables.

I've saved $1000s in internet costs since I made the switch. Soon it will have paid for itself! :)

>> No.1048560

>>1048549
>>1048547
I have a bunch of cheap cat 5 cables around, could certainly slow your local network down.

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1048566

>>1048547
>>1048549
>>1048560
>say to just use a cable
>start getting memed on
can i not post fucking anything without you schizophrenic fucks freaking out

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1048580

>>1048566
Them be just sayin, Make Sure Its A Monster™ anon.

>> No.1049173

>>1048300
1. Get better high gain antennas
2. Get a 5ghz AC compatible router
3. Fuck steps 1 & 2 and get a ubiquity AP

>> No.1049190

>>1048566
>not expecting to get memed all over
This shows the danger of not lurking.

>> No.1049195

>>1048300
What is wrong with your wifi? Poor signal strength or slow speed?

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>>1048300
>Also if I got a shit ton of cheap routers and hooked them all together with ethernet switches and shit would it make my WiFi better?

Depends on what you're doing.

If you want wide spread, then YES.

Install dd-WRT on all the routers and hook them together properly and you'll get a 1/2 bandwidth over the ENTIRE CLUSTER.

This gets more gainful the bigger the area you're 'wiring' due to the 1/2 b remaining constant until C becomes a influence of latency.

Otherwise MAYBE.

F.ex, if you want to have Gud Access all over a site and are having trouble with one AP due to walls of metal and so forth, then that would be appropriate as well.

Without knowing your site, I really can't say beyond this.

>> No.1049271

>>1048300
i don;t know anything about the 5ghz band
but at 2.4ghz the channel separation is marginal, channel 1 and 12 are the only two that don't overlap. access points need to be onm different channels, so you need to work out which points will overlap and put them on far apart channels but like i said they overlap so its impossible to do properly.
importantly a device can't connect to multiple access points, even with multiple radios it will do a shitty job of negotiating.
interestingly this is kind of how high security areas work, you have a radio that scans for ssids of people trying to set up an unauthorised wifi network then it just pumps out the same ssid at about 10x the power and the device jumps onto the powerful signal and then you con't connect to your access point.
anyway its useful to have multiple access points if you have a big area. even if you have lots of people ideally you want to separate them before you put them on different access points otherwils crosstalk will fuck you up.