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Discussion topic: WiFi does not reach downstairs

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This message was authored by: Emine__

WiFi does not reach downstairs

Since switching to Sky i have been having a lot of difficulty getting WiFi coverage downstairs (router is upstairs)
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This message was authored by: icesteelman

Re: WiFi does not reach downstairs

Hi @Emine__ 

 

Sorry to hear that, seems like the Sky Router wifi is not up to whatever provider you previously had. I think there are some pages on the Sky website that try to help you diagnose wifi issues but I am not familiar with them. 

 

My personal opinion is that a single router often fails to reach every room in a property, even reatively small ones. If you have a weak wifi in some rooms here are some options that would help:-

 

1. Obtain wifi boosters from Sky (but that may or may not cost you depending on what level of broadband service you are paying for). There are many posts on this forum about obtaining these if you search for "Booster".

2. Invest in further hardware and create your own wifi Mesh with sufficient devices to cover the whole house. There are multiple suppliers you can pick from that all work well, but this can be relatively costly (however once invested, a Mesh system would work with any broadband supplier if you eventually move away from Sky).

3. Homeplugs/Powerline devices can provide a hardwired solution from your Sky Broadband router to other rooms using your mains wiring, you simply need a power socket near the router and another in the "target" room that then allows devices to be hardwired (or connection of a wifi hotspot in the target room).

 

We live in a 1960's bungalow where some rooms are just too far from the router to pick up a decent wifi signal.  I therefore went with option 2 (4 x Amazon Eeros), which also made wifi available on our patio outside.

 

There are plenty of very knowledgeable people on here that can offer advice / help in much more detail.

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