Hello.
I need some suggestions/consultations on settuping wireless for a big one floor (but on a giant slope hill as if it had two floors) house. About 88 feet seems to be the longest distance from a small room with the new cable modem. This is based on Google Maps' aerial shot with its ruler:
Building Information: Ground Level Entry (No Steps) Stucco Exterior Concrete Tile Roof Cathedral-Vaulted Ceilings Full copper plumbing
3,900 feet Built in 1986 16 rooms (4 bedrooms and bathrooms) Split-level and contemporary styleJust for kicks, I tried an old 15" MacBook Pro and a Linksys WR54GL wireless router (both were from late 2008) in it. Here are the wireless results:
Kitchen's tables next to windows = 2-5 bars
Downstair/Lower Elevation Family/Living Room: Couches and table = 1-2 bars ; laggy when ssh to an outside server; a few packet losses to router. Behind the bar counter = 0 to 2 bars
Room Near Kitchen and Garage = 3-4 bars
Garage = 4 bars
All other rooms look good/high.
So it looks like they will need a network cable/repeater/something to the downstair area if using an old Linksys WRT54GL router. However, the folks did not want network cables in the walls, attic, etc. so it would have to be wireless, coax cables (over the air (OTA) and cable services are already using them though), or power cables (already crowded on the outlets with strips).
Are there any strong/better wireless routers that can reach farther and be stable/stronger? If not, then which wireless routers can do it? It would be nice to have third party firmware options like Linksys WRT54GL routers. Also, fast speed like gigabits for fast local file transfers between computers in the big house if possible. 100mb/sec is slow these days!
Thank you in advance. :)