[kwlug-disc] Extending WiFi Range

[Bob Jonkman]

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Andrew Kohsmith wrote:
> I’m not sure what the *proper* way to do it is, so I have a suicide
> cord connecting a well-labelled outlet in the basement to the UPS
> output.

You need something like this:

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.single-electrical-outlet-in-wall-extension-kit.1000789577.html


Even a regular plug connected to the wire coming out of the wall is
better than using a suicide cord (a short extension with a plug at
both ends).

- --Bob.


On 2017-03-29 08:40 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) wrote:
>> On Mar 29, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
>> wrote: I want to avoid the move upstairs because of the UPS, and
>> because I need to run more cables. Also, don't want clutter on
>> the main floor.
> 
> Perhaps not what you want to hear, but I solved my wifi problems by
> running a 2” plastic conduit from the basement, through the wall of
> the hall closet on the main floor, through the linen closet on the
> upstairs and into the attic. Nothing fancy, just a regular old
> central vac conduit, a straight run through interior walls. I
> installed Ts near the wire racking on each floor’s closet, and ran
> CAT5e from the basement to each closet. Finally, I ran 14/3 and
> installed an outlet in each closet. The power for these outlets
> comes from a UPS in the basement with the other equipment. I’m not
> sure what the *proper* way to do it is, so I have a suicide cord
> connecting a well-labelled outlet in the basement to the UPS
> output.
> 
> Now I have the wifi router (WRT1900AC) and the DECT base station
> (DP750) on a shelf in the upstairs closet, powered from the same
> UPS that keeps the other networking equipment powered. Great wifi
> and cordless phone coverage, and my wife doesn’t even complain
> about the small blinking boxes since they’re well out of the way
> (on an overhead shelf) and there are no dangling wires.
> 
> I’m not sure how your house is laid out, but you might be able to
> benefit from a similar retrofit. If all you need is to get to a
> main floor closet you wouldn’t even need the conduit.
> 
> Why did I go all the way to the attic? I can now run any other
> wires I want from the basement right through to the attic and then
> down to whichever upstairs wall I want without having to try to
> futz about with fish tape. Any upstairs wiring is now a nice clean
> run.
> 
> -A.
> 
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