Wifi extenders

[Bj’s Reef]

I just bought a apex controller. What type of wifi extenders are you using to get a signal to your controler? I was just wanting to see what the latest recommendations were. Thanks for your help.

 

[lariat8099]

Netgear has a few awesome WIFI extenders.

 

[Bob Escher]

Hmm where is your controller you may not need a extender is your tank is within range of your router ( typically depending upon walls and floors about 50 to 60 feet at least

 

[brandon429]

A Dr Pepper can hacked gullwing style on an external antenna router if applicable is a fine extender for fifty cents and looks great if one is into modern steampunk looks for the home heh
https://goo.gl/images/YvH9O7
I bet I could shoot my wifi through four houses laterally with my old setup and it was a crappy wal mart router. One antenna stays omni, the other gets the direction and in such becomes distance monster

 

[Bj’s Reef]

My tank is in a separate room from my router. I would say fifteen feet, with two walls and a hallway separating them.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I tried wifi extenders but ultimately settled on a powerline extender. The connection is very reliable. When there is a connectivity issue it is usually the Apex or my ISP.

 

[SethOF]

My tank is in a separate room from my router. I would say fifteen feet, with two walls and a hallway separating them.

If you have a device that depends on the wifi your laptop for example, you simply place it where the controller is and determine the connectivity.
If you want to do more there are sharewares that can give you the signal strengths in your house with your laptop.

 

[reefwiser]

Your best connection is a powerline ethernet connection. It is a rock solid connection. Use it on all my Internet connected devices in the house.

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Thanks everyone for your help.

 

[Bj’s Reef]

After all my debating. I went with the direct hard line solution. Thanks again for your help.

 

[Tristren]

I'm surprised that you'd need a range extender that close to the router. But given the distance an ethernet cable is an easy reliable solution as well.

 

[Bj’s Reef]

So far, I have not had the first problem with this setup.

 

[BCSreef]

Your best connection is a powerline ethernet connection. It is a rock solid connection. Use it on all my Internet connected devices in the house.

Ed,

How did you network your P4?

Thanks in Advance, Bob

 

[reefwiser]

You have to use WiFi for the P4 unit. I am still using a P3.

 

[BCSreef]

Thanks! I'll need to get a good repeater. The P4 needs to through a concrete foundation and garage floor to reach the main router.

Bob

 

[reefwiser]

You might want to try a mesh wifi system.

http://bgr.com/2017/02/14/best-mesh-wifi-system-2017-mesh-network-router/

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

i bought this for $20 on ebay and it worked great. only bad thing is it'll take up an outlet space. second pic
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/apex-lite.307305/

 

[BCSreef]

i bought this for $20 on ebay and it worked great. only bad thing is it'll take up an outlet space. second pic
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/apex-lite.307305/

I bought a similar one from Amazon to get around all the concrete. Much better signal strength, but I have to reboot it almost every every day. It keeps dropping the connection with my Profilux. I'll look at the mesh WiFi. Thanks to you both!

Bob

 

[Rotorocious]

There is one called an Eero that i installed. A bit expensive but it works amazing. 100mb in was about 20 mb around the house, after the eero setup it was 100 everywhere , no issues

 

[reefwiser]

Wonder if you could use a MOCA network?