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Trefoil1972's avatar
Trefoil1972
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5 hours ago

Extending Range to Garden Office

I've got a definite dip in Wifi speed in my garden office (about 5m away from the house - on the other side of the wall where my hub 5 lives)
Both house and office are very well insulated

House speeds showing as 380+, office speed between 9 and 30 with a great deal of variation throughout the day.  Measured on Speedchecker

I can't use the Wifi Home Scan - it times out regardless of when and which room I try, I get an Oops try again later message.  (have tried deleting the app etc but to no avail)

I think I might be able to use a Wifi Pod to sort this out, but am in a catch 22 as I can't do the scan to show the speeds.

First question - How can I order one if I can't do the scan?

Prior to joining VM my router was under the stairs connected to the office via an ethernet cable which now sits unused as VM couldn't fit the hub5 in the same place, so it's situated in the living room.

Additional question - Is there another way to utilise the ethernet cable to help, given that it's miles away from the router?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and possibly save my marriage as Mrs is sick of me working in the kitchen....

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4 Replies

  • paultechy's avatar
    paultechy
    Alessandro Volta
    2 hours ago

    Good afternoon,

    could possibly run an ethernet coupler, so ethernet connects onto hub5, and on the end of the ethernet cable can add a network access point (this of course will give you 3+ wired connection and wireless, can set up to use the same Wireless name (SSID) and password as the hub5, so when you move locations, it should lock onto the strongest signal.

    Or could setup a new wireless name for the garden, alternatively, could use powerline adapters to move internet around house using internal power cables.

    Hope this helps

    Paultechy

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    2 hours ago

    The standard maximum range for most Ethernet cables, including Cat6 and and Cat6a, is 100 metres, so you can run a cable. Make sure it's of the external type.