So I recently moved in next door to my folks house, literally, across the street (30 yards from front door, maybe 70 from current base). I decided a great way to pay them back would be to set up a wireless network so we can share movies, music, and a gateway (looking to upgrade to a SB6121 to drop my $7 a month fee...).
I picked up two asus RTN10+'s on newegg for $10 each after rebate. However, they just don't reach one another (not a surprise). Was able to set one RTN-10+ as a repeater up at my folks, and connect to base router (other RTN10+) at my place, but the speeds were really slow connecting from the repeater at my folks, I'm assuming because the connection is iffy. Tried different channels, and the default gain setting on the asus is 100 already. The connection also seems spotty, it gets dropped pretty easily (ie repeater can't find base). I should note my folks have aluminum siding, but there are lots of windows.
I figure what I need is either
A. A waaaay better base router
OR
B. A 3rd router/repeater in between the two of them, either on the near side of my house (current base is far side), or maybe even my garage. I'm guessing it would be best to have the highest range device as the "middle" repeater, in between base router and parents house repeater.
Now I've seen wireless range extenders (fancy repeaters, yeah?) and it looks like $70-$150 is what they go for.
However, if I can make this work with a quality router/repeater in between the two, that'd be great.
Bang for my buck, what should I do? Securing an excellent signal is what I'm ultimately after, but again, would prefer to stay around $70 or under if it can be done...
BTW the asus aren't DDWRT yet, but I'm guessing I should probably flash to that...
Regardless, help a guy give back to mom and dad, and setup a wifi network!
I picked up two asus RTN10+'s on newegg for $10 each after rebate. However, they just don't reach one another (not a surprise). Was able to set one RTN-10+ as a repeater up at my folks, and connect to base router (other RTN10+) at my place, but the speeds were really slow connecting from the repeater at my folks, I'm assuming because the connection is iffy. Tried different channels, and the default gain setting on the asus is 100 already. The connection also seems spotty, it gets dropped pretty easily (ie repeater can't find base). I should note my folks have aluminum siding, but there are lots of windows.
I figure what I need is either
A. A waaaay better base router
OR
B. A 3rd router/repeater in between the two of them, either on the near side of my house (current base is far side), or maybe even my garage. I'm guessing it would be best to have the highest range device as the "middle" repeater, in between base router and parents house repeater.
Now I've seen wireless range extenders (fancy repeaters, yeah?) and it looks like $70-$150 is what they go for.
However, if I can make this work with a quality router/repeater in between the two, that'd be great.
Bang for my buck, what should I do? Securing an excellent signal is what I'm ultimately after, but again, would prefer to stay around $70 or under if it can be done...
BTW the asus aren't DDWRT yet, but I'm guessing I should probably flash to that...
Regardless, help a guy give back to mom and dad, and setup a wifi network!
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