I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV "sources".
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV's outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.
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Do I need a wifi extender
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| Mon 14 Dec 2020 11:39:47 #1 |
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I might be wasting my money with a wifi extender, as I require a signal at rear of the house, in an extension, which is on a different fuse to the rest of the house. I think that an extender has to be on the same circuit.
| Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:50:24 #2 | -
inspector - 35 mins ago »
I might be wasting my money with a wifi extender, as I require a signal at rear of the house, in an extension, which is on a different fuse to the rest of the house. I think that an extender has to be on the same circuit.You are talking about Wi-Fi extenders that rely on passing the data part of the way over the electrical wiring. There are also Wi-Fi extenders (sometimes called WiFi repeaters) that work by receiving and rebroadcasting the wireless signal which might be more appropriate in your case.
| Mon 21 Dec 2020 14:30:13 #3 | -
Powerline adapters (carrying ethernet signal via mains) work best on the same ring main.
I use 3 here -- router to Humax and router to pc upstairs.
Your best approach might be router to nearest socket on same ring (or fuse) and then use an access point or spare router to broadcast wifi into the extention????| Mon 21 Dec 2020 22:44:08 #4 | -
I have mine working across two ring mains on two different fuses in the same fusebox with no problem. Just passing my practical take on it.
Buy from Amazon and return if they don't work and think again.| Wed 23 Dec 2020 15:04:32 #5 | -
I have now invested in a 13amp wifi extender socket & also a Netgear extender. This has improved the signal, but it still doesn't display the FVP5000 on the two tv's. (One in bedroom, one in the extension at the rear) all of the time.
I seldom have bother with wifi with other devices, just the Samsung TV & the LG TV.
I have even changed the Humax, but this one still does the annoying things that the first one did.| Thu 11 Feb 2021 12:08:50 #6 | -
inspector - 1 mnth ago »
I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV "sources".
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV's outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.Those dBm figures are borderline unusable. You want a low figure not a high one e.g. -30 dBm would be an excellent value.
| Thu 11 Feb 2021 15:16:57 #7 | -
inspector - 1 mnth ago »
I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV "sources".
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV's outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.The virgin ones are very poor range.
Solution is get a higher quality WIFI router connect it to ISP router and set it to modem mode. I fitted a netgear nighthawk triband router and get coverage across a 4 bedroom house and across a large garden.
Alternative is consider a mesh system.
| Thu 11 Feb 2021 15:24:37 #8 | -
Using the Netgear in the main bedroom, it worked when I changed the wifi signal to xxxxx.ext. Same password, but different supplier!
If I move the Netgear, the FVP5000 is not detected at all in the bedroom, but
I mainly want it for the extension. Our "summer quarters".| Thu 18 Feb 2021 9:49:44 #9 | -
Faust, I only get -39dBm in the small bedroom where the Virgin equipment is.
Do you think that Virgin could help with this signal?| Thu 18 Feb 2021 12:20:29 #10 |
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