Is your whole house wired? You said apple devices, get a couple Airport Express units (for wireless-a support) to the weak areas in your house, hardwire them into your network and configure them with the same wifi settings or to bridge/expand your current network
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Brian Weeden <[email protected]>wrote: > Our house is a split level, and due to where the wifi router is located we > have a very weak signal in the upper bedrooms. We can't really move the > router because it needs to be where the Fios cable comes into the house. > There are also a number of other Wifi networks around. My immediate > neighbors have their 2.4 Ghz networks on channels 1 and 6 (mine is on 11) > but there are 5 or 6 other networks in range. > > The real limitation is the Verizon router. It doesn't support 5Ghz and > doesn't support extenders or bridges (which I found out when I bought a > Diamond WR300N). But I've been told I can't replace it because it also > controls the IPTV features of my set top TV boxes. And even if I did buy > another router to run a 5 Ghz network, the devices we use most often > (iPhones and iPads) don't support 5Ghz. > > Any bright ideas out there? > > --------- > Brian >
