How to Extend Wi-Fi Range on the CHEAP
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I remember when my wifi was insanely slow but I still had a signal for half of my walk to school.
Homeschoolers are not impressed
my old wifi literally disconnects once i move away 1m
@@realcartoongirl my new wifi is like that.
I had, like, no cell signal where I used to live. So I had to use my wifi to play Pokemon Go.
@@CaveyMoth I didn't have a data plan so I did the same thing
"You can't turn it up any further...."legally"
Google searches just spiked for "How to illegally extend my wifi router"
I was just about to comment that, hahahhahahahha.
No google won’t tell you the answers you have to use Bing
If anyone finds the answer to this, please @ me
@@kutomore you can install a custom firmware on your router called openwrt or dd-wrt if suported, and them increase the transmission power,just don't increase it too much or you will destroy your router
I fried a router with this setting... It was cool to have signal across the street for a month...
you never actually mentioned "How to Extend Wi-Fi Range on the CHEAP"
Welcome to youtube
Increase guard interval and decrease channel size, but these settings are not always available on all Wifi routers.
Have him a thumbs down for that
@@jackkraken3888 this is my issue and i am having a hard time actually finding an answer. God love the vomment sections though! Lol i need yo extend about 60ft for security cameras, about $550 in so far and not even close to 60ft. Smh
@@krisg6258 Whenever possible you should used wired connections for security cameras though..WiFi based security cameras are vulnerable to certain types of attacks..
"For cheap"
*Shows an $80 gadget*
Cheapness is relative
It's made in China.
@@expertb6348 ya its totally relative, and yet channels like this use it a lot
His subtle tech flexing is kinda why I'm glad he's considering retirement
Linus id out of touch with reality. He keeps calling all kinds of shit cheap even tho it's not for most people.
3:11 All... You... Need...
... Is love
Thanks. I was wondering about the cheap part
3:56 what you really need
@@jordandesigns5797 XD
is to follow the damn train CJ!
I was expecting that by the end of this video I will have a solution. However, now I am more confused than before that what I need to do about my connection.
So lets learn how to "Overclock a router"
Hey Linus thanks for the vid. Got a question, would explicitly changing the channel be better than a routers "auto" channel selection though?
I mean, you can also buy an RF Amplifier and (actually) boost it by a lot. That being only barely legal if at all is another topic though ;D
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Af amplifier are for Audio uses only? What do you mean @jisagi
@@Lukilukilukiluk Oh lol, I obviously mean RF Amplifier. Thanks for the headsup, fixed it in the original post as well
@real cartoon girl anime pfp
If you have a ham liscense isnt that completely legal?
This is great information about how WiFi truly works. I am going to look into this more. As my router is now two years old and I am considering getting an extender to boost my range.
No mention of powerline adapters or wifi repeaters at all?
powerline adapters are also great for getting ethernet around the house. Works well enough for me to work from home for over 8 hours/day.
instead mentions antennas??? Which probably is more complicated to hook up.
I'm pretty sure TQ has videos of those already. They've done a lot on WiFi.
Wifi repeaters extend range, but also slows down the speeds
And the repeaters cost around $15 or less. Even if they slow down the speed of the distant receiver, it's still better than a bad connection. Even better would be repeater on batteries, you can place anywhere as power sockets are most likely near floor level
Hello Linus, a better way to extend a wireless signal is tplink powerline to WiFi devices. In the Bahamas the building code is different than the U.S. and there is a lot of concrete and steel so signal falls off faster so if have a large home or home with more than one floor WiFi extenders across the home or on another floor pose a lot of complications. What I started doing years ago was using tplink WiFi over powerline. It uses the powerline as it would Ethernet connection, and you can add the WiFi transmitters thathas ethernet connections around the home where needed; also there are models with gigabit connection through the powerline. I’ve overcame many challenges over using WiFi extenders of any sort or having Ethernet cables ran for wired ap’s. Less callbacks for wireless and quick setups even with updates once all devices are connected I connect to the network and flash each device.
God please don't use that powerline trash! It just spews out tons of RF interference!
well if you change the antenna to one with higher gain (like the patch) you are also increasing your EIRP so to keep it legal you would need to turn down transmission power. and thus you are back to square one. But when your phone is transmitting the router would have a higher sensitivity and thus better connection.
Side note: you would have less interference from sources in the lower gain directions which could help also.
Who cares if it's technically illegal? Nobody will go after you unless you really jack up the power where you blank out all the other Wi-Fi networks.
Stayed at a friend's house, made a foil "satellite dish" over the wifi antennae so wifi could reach the basement. It worked surprisingly well before her ma threw it out for being fugly. Lol
So a parabolic reflector.
Dude above me:is named david
his pfp:is rick from rick and morty
me:???
@@ZaHandle ur the dead meme frog wearing a dead meme wizard suit
Lmao this actually really mad me lol...
Thanks for the videos. I am using AT&T DSL and using their router as DHCP. I added my ASUS RT-AC66U (DHCP is disabled) as a repeated connected to a MOCA device. Both routers are having 2G/5G and enabled but also the same name and password of the access point so devices will connect to the best access point available. My question is if this is a good practice or it is better to have different access point names to differentiate from one router from the other. I can't notice having issues but wondering if OK.
Directional antennae don't actually help all that much anymore since most modern WiFi APs have beamforming (using constructive interference between multiple antennae to create a virtual directional antenna pointing anywhere you want).
Real solution for most people in most situations:
If you can run an ethernet cable, get a cheap wifi access point (AP). If you can't, $60-150 for a powerline access point. Avoid the all-wireless wifi extenders. You can run multiple APs (ethernet or powerline) if you have multiple dead spots, but at a certain point, look into mesh or a wired ubiquity setup.
1:38 gotta figure out how to do this
I purchased 4 9dbi antennas and my router uses 3 BUT the funny thing is the best signal (measured it) came with using two 9dbi and using only one of the original antennas on the router. Now it had to be a specific arrangement for the best signal by middle was the old 6dbi and the outer two were the new 9dbi antennas and my signal went from 74 to 62. What I believe is happening is I created a side lobe that is headed in the direction I needed and with the other two 9dbi antennas on the receiver my signal is a rock solid 48-54 and my mbps went way up too.
I use the wifi of my friend who lives in an apartement above me. I'm 7-8 meter away from the router but it has to pierce through a wall. Should i increase the guard interval and use a 20mhz channel? Would decreasing the speed from 100mbps to 30mbps actually increase stability in my case?
Anybody know why my secondary router (in ap mode) has very slow download speeds but normal upload speeds? I've tried multiple routers and they're all slow, I've checked and rechecked the wiring, the qos on the primary router is off. Any tips would be great. I am a noob at this stuff, so keep that in mind
Would it be possible to extend the range of your modem router with built-in antenna by inserting an external antenna in an ethernet port as I never use them anyway? If not, can we open up the modem, solder extra wires to the internal antenna and place a bigger antenna on the outside. Then later in case you need to return or upgrade it, you just need to desolder the wires.
Well done, Linus. This video was exactly long enough for me to finish my borgr
hmmm borgir
I've been pondering if I should set up a second wi-fi access point in my house, just for my five 2.4GHZ wireless security cameras (that are constantly steaming with RTSP while each using roughly 50 to 200 KB/s bandwidth)? I've also noticed that if my Roku is having trouble playing a particular video stream, it will often improve dramatically after I reboot the device. I presume that's because it's finding a better channel but it seems odd that I have to restart the device to make it do that...
Why its cost wifi
Was just (re)watching your video on Wifi-AX. I posted this query in that video as well-what's the difference b/w AD & AX? Which standard runs on which frequency?
Is there anything you can do on the recipient end? Trying to get better signal strength with my desktop without using extenders or things like that. Would getting a better or high gain antenna work? I just have the little ears sticking out the back of my case. Would a high gain antenna even gain me signal strength becauseit's being recieved and not going out? Or should I just get an extension so I can relocate antenna? Any help would be appreciated. I've already put like 60 bucks into making this area of my build work. So a repeater or things of that sort are out of the question.
so if i lower the channel bandwidth to 20mhz and change guard intervals from auto to 800nsec ,the router signal well finally reach my kitchen?
I am at my wifi range limit while watching this.
Leaning against your router?
I need to get wifi from my grandmas house to her guesthouse on the other side of the road (about 100m and a few bushes), can I get some kind of extender to send it from the main houses corner to the direction of the guesthouse, or do I need to also have a receiver on the guesthouse? She has a bed&breakfast business, would be nice to get wifi for guests from foreign countries.
1:20 there is a 2.4ghz tp-link router that can output up to 1000mw here on brazil
@Имперский Защитник it model is wr 941hp,totally overkill if it does what it claims
mexican: despacito wow Im steal yo wifi despactio
mexican: no it encryped despacito
real cartoon girl what?
@ꀯ fccid.io/ANATEL/04015-16-03177/Certificado-de-Conformidade/1B19D3A5-EF1A-4995-B193-CF601D650063
This one is from ANATEL(kinda like a FCC on brazil)it claims 952mw if you use 20mhz from what I understand
Edit:it's on portuguese but if you go to the second page and then on the "potencia maxima de saida(W)" you will see it
Oh my God imagine being in an apartment building with all those signals just overlapping. No one's wifi would work
Can I use a Home-hub 2000 or Home-hub 3000 as a WiFi extender or WiFi repeater?
Hi. Can you please answer this question for me? If My Main Router is 192.168.1 .1 , should I set the 2nd Router as an AP if offered or as just a 2nd Router and what will the IPs look like? Are they different depending on if they are used as an official AP or not? For example, I have the 2nd Router with an IP of 192.168.1 .2 or should it be 192.168 .2.1? What are the different Configurations? If in AP mode, is my bandwidth halved? Is it if not officially in AP Mode and does it matter which port the 2nd router is in? Should it be in the 1 port (Which I believe is LAN) or any of the other 4 ports (which I believe is WAN)? Right now I have the 2nd Router's DHCP in LAN turned off but the WAN DHCP, I do not see a way to turn it off and I am not sure if making it Static does that or not? Is the non-official AP Mode on my 2nd Router considered an Extender or a Repeater and is AP Mode better than both of them? Thanks for any help. With your Tuts, I think I am close to getting this correct but I get confused a bit, Be Safe All.
Make a dish out of the aluminium foil to bounce the waves away from that wall to your neighbor lol
wifi can be boosted with a patch panel. just curious, is there a telephony equivalent? sonething that will send a wireless phone signal throughout say, 3 floors of hotel?
Do those wifi extenders actually work, and are they worth it?
Really cool video what you recommend for a 4000 square ft house with the router upstairs
Hi. I am geting my first computer for a program called Fruit Loop studio. It's a program that were you make MIDI(Ferquencys) files and translate them to into audio files while on the fly. It also has automations that manipulate audio. What kind of PC should I get that's cheap but powerful enough to do those things
My bathroom is behind a fire staircase well and doesn't get much usable wifi. However in front of it, the hallway. It gets wifi. Does wifi bounce off walls?
I extended my WiFi router range with my old router, and I have two PCs that are connected to different routers via LAN cable. So, how to share files and folders using LAN cable or wireless network?
Could you explain why I can play 72060p youtube clips problem free but not 108060p and how to fix it.
Can I get a router with a 4 antennas and use different directional antennas in each direction? Or one directional and one general one. I want 5ghz in my room but also wanna stream games to my TV
I'm bewildered at how to use a credit card at a site without the site storing the number. They must KNOW the number, in order to collect from the card issuer; and they must know it to authorize the transaction in the first place (and 95% of the time they get to see your billing address too). So with this "virtual card number" that privacy dawt calm is supposed to pass to the merchant - what gives? And...is it practical to use? I go to newegg.com and checkout, under my established $150 limit. Is privacy.com like an old DOS "TSR" that's constantly watching every stroke I make, EVER, in case it's a newegg checkout?
That router machine gun is the best part of this video.
try to show some ways that we can have some kind of interface like netduma , and find which server we are connecting to ps PC and PS4 or XBOX
Does anyone know how many mw or mah a phone wifi modem uses to stay on all day in non connected idle mode connected etc
i know it's not much but i cant find out anywhere
i have an iphone 13 mini
Who else has 500mbps but only get 4-10mbps with lag in their room
u need mesh wifi lol, or one of those wifi repeaters/extender ofc one router cant cover an entire house
@@chee6916 do u know any good extender
@@bryant.p1215 same
We have a gig down and 300 up. I only get 300 Down one room over
@@chee6916 We have two routers, main one in the living room and access point router in my bros room, But I am in the middle of them with an extender so now I get 100mbps instead. Which is a scam tbh but it is what it is. If I ever need to download something big I would simply carry my laptop and download warzone lmao.
I just turned my old tp link N router into a repeater for the new asus N/AC router. Fully transparent operation with minimal setup, good security and happy devices. Even my TV with broken wifi has wired internet now. It was cheap indeed!
office in the front of the house gets 500+ mb/s. I have a converted attic which I'm trying to setup my console in. here it gets about 15 mb/s, sometimes won't even connect. signal is being blocked by the concrete walls and such I guess. there's only 1 phone connection that's located in the office so I can't just plug somewhere else, what can I do?
What are you using with regards to access points? Perhaps a really powerful mesh system would work. Ideally you would just wire, but you could also try Powerline adapters, I think that may be your best bet.
i want to see a video on the technology research facilities were they discover things like this. the data recovery center was super cool and i want to see more like that. thanks
So what happens if we give it more power ( volt ) than is legal? will it extend it any further? also why does we have this rule?
What about those devices that pick up the router signal and retransmits it?
What are they called, rerouter, wi fi repeater?
No idea.
I want to game on my pc but need an ethernet cable to connect to router, could I just connect it to a booster?
In the US the max transmit power for WiFi, is 1000 milliwatts. Though since the regulation allows for no margin for error, many device makers will typically stay around 100mw under the limit. Though some higher end transcievers found in some higher end routers, will offer a more stable output, thus allowing them to get closer to the 1000mw limit, e.g., on a few netgear routers, they were able to get within about 30mw of the limit.
I don't think 1000 mW is for consumer grade Wi-Fi.
@@fungo6631 It is not enough for most average sized homes. It is part of an unreasonable set of FCC limitations where instead of being set by experts, it is set by the same type of politicians who set speed limits on roads.
The rules largely do not make much sense since it is based on spectral density but then they have no problem with having multiple separate APs. Overall it is less efficient and wastes power since now where 1 AP with a higher transmit power would provide coverage, you end up with 2 separate APs , wherein order to get an extra watt worth of RF in your home, you end up with an extra 11-12 watts of power draw from needing to power a separate device with its own SOC, RAM, storage, etc.
While portable client devices will always be limited in transmit power since there is a battery life cost to boosting it, Many APs have significantly higher transmit powers anyway since it is easier to get better receiver sensitivity, better antennas, and better RF front ends since there are fewer space and power constraints on the AP as compared to a mobile device. Thus a good AP will deal with a weaker signal from a client device very well, and the AP will transmit at a higher power, to counter any issues with poor receiver sensitivity of the client device.
@@Razor2048 You do realize that apartment buildings exist, do you? How would you like your neighbors Wi-Fi networks interfering with yours?
And LOL, 11 watts? AP SoCs use maybe 1 watt at most with the puny ARM cores they use. Transmitters probably use a few hundred miliwatts.
@@fungo6631 Look up the the power draw data for many WiFi routers and APs. For example, for the Orbi system, search for "How much power does my Orbi WiFi System use?" (can't post links in youtube comments without getting hit with the filter.
10+ watts is fairly common for Netgear, Linksys, Asus, Ubiquiti, Motorola, Actiontech, and many others.
Due to how the devices are made, you often end up with a lot of separate components designed to do hardware offloading, since most data is not handled by the SOC unless packet inspection is being done. Furthermore they often use switching ICs designed to handle 10+Gbps simultaneously which can be power hungry.
Nearly all modern APs offer user controllable transmit power, where it can be reduced if needed. Many systems, especially mesh ones can also automatically reduce their transmit power based on effective RSSI.
PS for major brands, Especially Netgear, and Asus, they have been using 1000mW on all upper mid range and higher device models.
@@Razor2048 But these are enterprise systems. Most people have routers that are gigabit at most and are way less advanced.
Power wise, most people who know how to do it, would just crank the power to the max, causing a signal clusterfuck. As said, not all Americans live in suburbia.
Imagine NYC being filled with more powerful Wi-Fi routers.
In free space 30 dBm of power will cover a whole km of very good signal strength.
I did the mafs so you don't have to. You get -70 dBm. The thermal noise floor of a 20 MHz channel is about -100.5 dBm.
Under ideal conditions, with long distance protocol hacking, 10 km away you'll still get at least 20 Mbps of bandwidth. Which is overkill.
TL;DR the FCC and its international counterparts should've added more bandwidth.
Can someone help me please? My internet is terrible i have speeds of 40gbs with my current SP but the internet keeps cutting out / range is terrible etc ( its free router what do you expect) so i was looking at getting an ASUS RT-AC85P WiFi Cable & Fibre Router - AC 2400, Dual-band - not the best but obviously better than the free one. After a bit of research into the manual I found I have to connect it to my ISP router - how will this help?? I am right or wrong in thinking that this will just be waste of money? Thanks :)
More cheaper method, tear down all walls in between the modem and your multimedia. If you have walls that support other floors or the roof, then make sure you brake them down first.
Will these work in an RV in campgrounds with weak wifi
Linus if you are Canadian how are you able to use privacy dot com? It’s us residents only.
You can use MoCA where you can't get Ethernet. You may need to change out your cable splitters with MoCA splitters. MoCA does 2.5Gb/s over coax
I was recently watching your videos about hard drive failings and defragmentation and stuff and I remembered that a while ago I was thinking about my Lenovo external hard drive that how the angular momentum of the disk makes it to make sounds when I try to my it not much gently then after seeing that how dangerous is to move HDDs and even one particle of dust between the platter and the disk can do serious damages to the hard drive but I thought there where plenty of times that I moved my hard to hear the scratching noise out of it it didn't do anything and even once my friend shacked my hard drive fast that it made the scratching noise in the way that it seemed to slow the disk down and it was in middle of a data transfer it stopped copying the data for few seconds but then it started again with no problem and I'm now so curious that how it managed to not die!??? (I dropped it a few times too; and it's not just my external hard drive my other friends thin single disk external hard drive was OK)
Please make a video about it.
Question for actually streaming yourself playing video games in real time how much upload speed do you need to achieve 4K streaming for live streaming yourself
I need help to Wi-Fi to anther home how? Should I get wire cable?
Adding a WiFi extender setup correctly solved my problems. Just connect them by a network cable and put them in a central location to where you need the signal. 5GHz is better as less chance of interfernace. Use 2 GHz as a fall back incase your out of range of the 5GHz.
Isn’t the most effective way to really just get another access point? I’m trying to convert my Raspi into an AP for my upstairs right now.
My wifi almost stops working on my TV which is just two meters below it on the ground floor. Tried adjusting the antennas. Opening the windows helps a little bit for some reason.
What about simply putting a bigger antenna on the router? I was able to change my antennas and it helped get more range
How about the wifi on mobile device?
If the router sends with 0,2W or 200W can’t matter if the phone doesn’t get a boost!?
What here is the real limitation?
0:10 Is that the sound of the Red Alert 2 helicopter attacking with its gun?
So if I get a better router will that help
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I showed you my lttstore.com pls respond
@@Mkrabs I showed you my sponsor, tunnelbear, please respond
Tf is going on here?
Can I use a 30 metres ethernet cable from a base modem without using any repeaters.
What about those Broadband over power lines (BPL) things? Is it good? Does it work well? etc. Thanks!
It depends on your power situation.
Any time the signal goes through a breaker the signal will roughly half and the speed will go down by about 1/4.
So if you're connecting two devices on the same circuit then you're good. If you're connecting your living room to your bathroom then you'll need a '2000Mbps' version to get... 100? Mbps of real-world throughput.
Also, like WiFi the stated speeds are signaling speeds so you're not going to be downloading at anything close to the speed on the box (but you knew that already).
Also only ever consider AV2 versions. AV1 (AV) versions are not worth more than $10.
With all that said my 'AV2 1000Mbps' does connect at 134Mbps between my bedroom and my living room on the same circuit.
If ~7% of the advertised speed and ~14% the speed of an Ethernet cable is acceptable at ~8X the cost then sure.
2:15 - about that... the limits of wifi power are specified in EIRP not absolute power which means an AP which is legal with its default antenna can exceed the limit with a directional antenna.
No mention of wired router with multiple access points? Or did I miss it?
What about bigger antenna's you can buy on amazon....?
what if i want extend my wifi by 3 km? What are my options?
Could you do a video about cross device tracking?
My favourite and most imformative channel.
What is military grade encryption? How does it work?
Was excited to try the sponsor, privacy.com, but it's not available in Canada. ☹
Mikrotik has some 1W models. However, this doesn't mean anything, since Wi-Fi data transmit depends on the end device aswell. You can catch the signal, but it won't even connect, because your end device has waay less power and is not able to send the packet with auth info.
I love the router shooting in space!!!
Good video. I understood most of what you said. Ha-Ha. I Really don't have a range issue, but a strength issue. I want to use my Laptop in my garage so I can get on the net and find out things as I work on cars. My problem is, I have to have my phone or computer in front of the window. The shop is about 70 feet from my house and I have metal siding on the outside of in walls and roof. When I move away from the window, I lose connection to the net. Is there some way I can increase the strength of the signal or get into my shop without sitting in front of the window. I want to be anywhere in my shop and pick up a signal. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 👍👍
What would be the range after?
Can you make a video of the best 2020 cpu water coolers? Please before my cpu dies
What's an alternative to privacy.com for european users?
You didn't mention anything bout the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies? It's basically what you say at the start, slower speed for more range, just that it is split up in two different wifi-networks for the user to get the option to connect to whichever they want.
Thanks for the good info i didnt know about a lot of what you said!! good info!! and I even went to school for the stuff!! thanks!!
I get 3 megabits when I put my phone on top of my router. Should I get a booster?
When will Linus finally try out some of the avm Fritz!Box products?
I litteraly baught 4 14" 14dbi antennas off Amazon and replaced my nighthawks antennas with these and now pickup my wifi three times further down the street. Their 9.99 for two on Amazon and just screw right on.
"Do you want the Baconator®, or do you wanna lose weight and feel good."
Tough choices
What about Devolo products? I use it and ist great.
I literally just bought a wifi mesh extender right before this video went up!
Im surprised you didnt bring up wifi adapter positioning at all.
what about back hauling. setting up a second router by connecting it to an ethernet cable & transmitting locally.
What about wifi antenna extension cable?
first time ive actually been interested in a sponsored product
tbh if u buy another router and sync it up to ur main wifi and you set the second one to a sweet spot where your main wifi reaches it basically will give half of what you would get on your main wifi
My apple airport extreme basestaion extends my wifi.. I configured it to be wifi range extender