Questions about improving wifi signal in and around old stone house

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Hello,

We have an early 3-story 1900s home that has very thick walls in and around it, and it is sometimes tough to get a good signal throughout. We currently have an Apple Airport hooked up, but it barely reaches rooms on the second floor - let alone rooms right next to it on the first floor. I'd like to be able to see what recommendations people have in order to get a better signal throughout the house, and as well extend it to a pool/pool house that is roughly 100-150 feet away from the house. I did some quick research and found a company called ayrstone that seems to be good, but maybe overkill for our situation? I'm also a bit concerned about the health risks those types of frequencies may pose. Any help is greatly appreciated - thanks!
 
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You can use the brand you linked but I have not used those. I have used similar from ubiquiti and engenius but these are in the $50 rather than the $150 the ayrstone price on the site.

You would just connect a pair of outdoor bridges between the location and then put a AP in the far building. At the short distance you have pretty much any of them will work. You might if you get very lucky be able to just use a directional bridge on the far location but with stone walls I would put a unit on the outside of both locations. You need clear line of sight but at the short distance you are talking it likely isn't a issue. These units when installed on top of building can go miles.
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The device you talk about require you to have ethernet cable to run. They are pretty much just AP device if you use them inside the house.

Outdoors they are your pretty standard bridge equipment.

You can look at ubiquiti or engenius for similar and much less expensive equipment.

These devices are nothing magic they are just wifi device just like your router. They operate on the exact same frequencies and at the exact same power levels. They just have some different software that allows them to act as point to point bridges and they may have directional antenna on some to extend the distance in a single direction.

They are regulated to the same power output as your current router...and if you are worrying about the heath risks of a router you best never use any microwave oven, they are allowed to leak almost as much microwave energy as a wireless router is allowed to transmit.
 
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bill001g

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You can use the brand you linked but I have not used those. I have used similar from ubiquiti and engenius but these are in the $50 rather than the $150 the ayrstone price on the site.

You would just connect a pair of outdoor bridges between the location and then put a AP in the far building. At the short distance you have pretty much any of them will work. You might if you get very lucky be able to just use a directional bridge on the far location but with stone walls I would put a unit on the outside of both locations. You need clear line of sight but at the short distance you are talking it likely isn't a issue. These units when installed on top of building can go miles.
 
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bill001g

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Not sure where you would put it. It is not designed to go outdoors.

It is not some magic device that can put out more radio power that your normal routers so it will not go though wall any better or worse.

If you were to run it as a wireless repeater it would degrade your signals at least 50% and that assume it can get good signal in the first place.

Generally to use a repeater you would need to place it in a location that it gets good signal and then can send it to the location that gets bad. When you have walls causing the issue that generally means you need it in the middle of the wall.

I would not use a wireless repeater until you have exhausted all other options. You now have 2 radio signals that overlap and both of which are subject to interference. It is just asking for a problem....but if the option is a repeater or no coverage then you deal with it.
 
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