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Extending wifi (self.networking)

submitted 2 weeks ago by moody to c/networking@sh.itjust.works

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We have a wireless camera connected to our wifi, but the concrete wall makes the signal inconsistent. There is an available POE port nearby indoors, and the existing wifi which has a good signal indoors.

What would be the most convenient solution to fix our issue? Should we just get a standard AP/repeater and put it close to the wall, or is there a better option?

Thanks

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

AP yes, repeater no. Repeaters suck.

Is the camera outdoors? Ideally you'd get an outdoors AP and put it outside.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have a similar situation and have a repeater but that also gets blocked by an wooden door. Don't know if it'd be a good solution for you, but in case it is or it gives some ideas, my solution was using an ethernet cable that comes straight from the router and that I wasn't using (installing it iirc required a few small holes to be made in the walls and also pull it through a crawlspace), plug it on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ I have but also wasn't using, and use it as an alternative repeater with a program, "Wi Hotspot", installed from Pi-Apps on the Raspberry Pi OS.

And on a note, signal with the PI3B+ ain't the best, or rather it is quite weak, but from what I've been using for some weeks now, it's far more consistent, the signal now seldom disconnecting, specially when more people are using the internet for traffic-heavy stuff like watching streaming services.