Hi all,
I guess from all the conflicting information I have read over the internet that its fairly common to struggle to get a good single from downstairs in an office to upstiars. I also have this problem and have come up with 3 solutions, can someone verify these ideas and possible suggest a better one if I havent seen it. They are :
1.) Get a high gain antenna set to increase signal strength
/ range
2.) Get a repeater / booster
3.) Run CAT5e through the walls for a gaurenteed link from up to down.
For obvious reasons if replacing the antenna would do it that would be the ideal solution, but I believe I read that a higher gain antenna will flatten the broadcast angle giving more horizontal and less vertical (Is this correct ?) signal which is the opposite of what im looking for.
Option two doesnt seem to sensible as the repeater for linksys runs on WEP security (im trying to stick to wpa), will only work with other linksys products and I have read bad reviews about repeaters / booster in gerneral.
Option 3, would be the ideal solution , but a) will be quite expensive as it would have to be a proffesional job placed in the walls and b.) I kinda feel its cheating having wired in a wireless network..
If anyone has a similar problem to me of getting the signal down to upstiars and came up with a good solution can you tell me please ?
Thanks
Jon