Wireless for large house

linkinp

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Dear forum
A house, with an area of 450 meters square, includes 3 floors. What's more, the house is not equipped with recessed ethernet cable inside the wall. The major router is placed in the middle of the house, on the 1st floor. However, due to the large area, some locations can't reach wireless signal adequately.
I wonder which router brand can cover all dead zone to provide sufficient wifi signal around the house?
Thanks and best regards
 
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No single wifi access point can cover a house like yours. You will need multiple access points spread throughout the home. The ways to do this are to distribute the network with either wired ethernet or secondarily with powerline networking.

Wired ethernet can be done professionally or self installed. It's not all that hard to do a self install and the tools are not very expensive. OTOH a professional job will be quick and have much less frustration with the learning curve and crawling through the attic. Particularly on a three story home. Wired ethernet is the only done once and it always works kind of networking.

Otherwise look to powerline network adapters to get the signal where you need it.

Pooneil

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No single wifi access point can cover a house like yours. You will need multiple access points spread throughout the home. The ways to do this are to distribute the network with either wired ethernet or secondarily with powerline networking.

Wired ethernet can be done professionally or self installed. It's not all that hard to do a self install and the tools are not very expensive. OTOH a professional job will be quick and have much less frustration with the learning curve and crawling through the attic. Particularly on a three story home. Wired ethernet is the only done once and it always works kind of networking.

Otherwise look to powerline network adapters to get the signal where you need it.
 
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Pooneil

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As I am metrically challenged, I looked this up. In the terms of my intuitive visualization system that is 4844 Sq Feet. A very big house. If this house as high end as it sounds, look at having a professionally installed commercial system from Ubiquiti. And have the installers drop ethernet to any media center areas too. You'll never regret it.
 

linkinp

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I really appreciate your kind response, Pooneil. In fact, due to the complex structure of the house, it can't be wired through wall using professional technique and tools. The construction and material of building in my country are different from other, once the house is completely built, nothing can be interfered. I agree that wired connection is still the best choice, I'm thinking of wiring the cable along the ceiling against the wall like this instructive video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahqNeH4NFw
It's very easy to set up like that, however some partners in the house feel dissatisfied because of the aesthetic vision.
By the way, what is "professionally installed commercial system from Ubiquiti"? Is it something like Ceiling Mount Access Point?
Regarding to powerline adapter, I've got TP link TL-PA2010 AV200 Kit pack, It worked great at day but at night, the speed downgrades sharply (I only get around 3 Mb/s since my ISP's speed is 20Mb/s). I dont know if that is due to old powerline adapter model or it's due to electrical noise. The house was built 1 year ago. I wonder if newer serie like AV500 or higher model would improve the speed.
 

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If you can't you can't.

Buy the fastest rated powerline adapters you can afford to get the best throughput under the most demanding electrical conditions.

Are you sure it was the adapters that slowed in the evening and not the internet service or saturation of the internet or wifi by local users? A few users streaming video or running bittorrents will gobble up a good portion of that 20 meg.

 

linkinp

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Yes, sure. I use speedtest and file downloading to check, 1 via direct Cat 6 cable, 1 via powerline adapter. The internet speed from ISP is fairly stable even in the morning or evening. I always do fine with ethernet cable every time, everywhere