Router advice

[ClaretAL]

With prime day next week and taking the advice on ordering the brsk internet I am thinking of getting a decent router with a good Wi-Fi coverage. I am not up to speed on mesh system and Wi-Fi 6 etc so looking for some advice on what to buy from the knowledgeable ones on here please.

[iowalan]

Screwfix have a dewalt 18v cordless router ...they are very good ...on offer at £290 ! Hope this helps

[Bosscat]

[Massivefloodlights]

I had a really dodgy Wi-Fi connection at home, bought an eero and an extender a couple of weeks ago and sorted me out. No complaints from me.

The set up was pretty easy, too. My only comment is the extender plugs in to the wall, but sits on the floor. Previously I had one that just plugged into the wall like a glade plug-in.

[aggi]

Deco mesh stuff is good. Pretty easy to set up and reliable.

Obvious caveat for stuff like prime day is check that they are actually cheaper than what they normally sell for.

[California Colner]

Nighthawk they make good routers

[Fretters]

Set your router to modem mode, then buy a mesh system like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071241G3R? ... b_ap_share

[GavlarClaret]

Unsure if youd need a better one I suppose it would depend on useage of the services. Ive no issue at all with the Router that BRSK supplied me for what it's worth, maybe see how that gets on?

Oh and here's rhe referral code for anyone who wants it. £75 amazon vouchers to each of us upon each successful referral!

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[IanMcL]

Set your router to modem mode, then buy a mesh system like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071241G3R? ... b_ap_share

Fritters knows.

By the way - Amazon Prime day x2 from Midnight.

[ClaretAL]

Thanks all. I currently have 1 of the below, that I plug in to my virgin media router which is used in Modem mode. I presume I just plug the base unit of the mesh system in to my current net gear router and would create a mesh system as well as the wifi emitted from this router, or does it replace this router altogether and will plug in to the Brsk router?

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/routers/r7800/



Also noticed a few different Deco units(linked below), which is the better one to buy considering a Victorian house with loft conversion, and I need to reach the conversion and also cover the back garden? My current router linked above does this but i do have to have 2 extenders, but then I keep hearing about the Wifi 6? Also a lot of the smart devices i have only connect to 2.4 ghz where these mesh systems seem to combine it all in to one, will the smart devices still work? I guess i need to do more research.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=tp+link+de ... _sb_noss_1

[atlantalad]

Can anyone recommend a system/device to extend Wi-Fi coverage beyond the perimeter of a house in a rural setting. I would like to pick up wifi signal from my neighbours property ( with his obvious permission) about 80 metre across a road - rural location. Is there a system where I can piggy back onto their broadband router without laying a LAN between the houses?

I use a portable router with phone sim( rather phone as hotspot) at the moment but the mobile signal is often very poor, hence looking to piggy back onto neighbours fibre broadband.

[aggi]

Can anyone recommend a system/device to extend Wi-Fi coverage beyond the perimeter of a house in a rural setting. I would like to pick up wifi signal from my neighbours property ( with his obvious permission) about 80 metre across a road - rural location. Is there a system where I can piggy back onto their broadband router without laying a LAN between the houses?

I use a portable router with phone sim( rather phone as hotspot) at the moment but the mobile signal is often very poor, hence looking to piggy back onto neighbours fibre broadband.

Point to point bridge is what you want to search for. This kind of thing
https://connectec.uk/networking/network ... ss-bridges
The Unifi stuff is very good but will require some technical setting up

[UGR]

Ah good old prime day. Have you been watching the steady increase in price with amazon products over the last week?