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Discussion topic: Fibre to WiFi propagation

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This message was authored by: Jamie1476

Fibre to WiFi propagation

Good afternoon, My sky fibre comes into a room that offers extremely poor proportion of the WiFi around my apartment. What can be done to mitigate this? Mainly I'd like to consider extending my fibre router about 8 Feet into the central room in my apartment (which I think a competent fibre engineer would have suggested) I'd prefer this course of action to retain internet speed from fibre. Please get back to me with possibilities of relocating the fibre hub.
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This message was authored by: Chrisee

Re: Fibre to WiFi propagation

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@Jamie1476 extending the fibre feed is not straight forward but you can ise a longer Ethernet cable from the ONT to the hub allowing it to be moved. These are cheap to buy and you do not need anything special. 

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65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

Re: Fibre to WiFi propagation

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@Jamie1476 

 

At least one online supplier lists an ONT relocation kit with back-to-back optical couplers and a compatible length of pre-terminated fibre-optic cable: actually using this is potentially problematic because technically the connection belongs to network provider as far as the ONT itself.

 

As @Chrisee indicates, moving the Hub by using a longer ethernet cable is simpler, and there's no loss of speed over Cat5e (possibly Cat6A if the service is 2.5Gbs or 5Gbs on CityFibre infrastructure)

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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
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