damn comcast to hell, dirty hell...
 

okj, the title was an attention=grabber more than a serious thing, although it would be completely correct to say that many times over...

my son has a new x-1 infinity platform at his house that has a (one) modem as part of the setup...

he moved it to his room because the wireless signal was too weak to reach 25 feet through 3 plaster walls...

now his roommate whose room is in the front of the house can't access the wireless network anymore and wants to know what the best course of action would be (read cheapest)...

should he just call comcast to come out and fix the problem or is there a better easier solution?

Thats not a comcast problem. Thats a wifi having shit range problem. You need one of them wifi range extenders.

this.

those old walls with lathe and plaster and brick and shit are just the worst.

Try changing your wireless channel. Too many people (routers) on the same channel bogs it. All surrounding routers are on the same (default) channel, most likely channel 1, same as you. There are 11 channels.

Also; repeater. Then centralize the router. Your son is a wifi whore.

Comcast is trash though.

While there are technically 11, only three of them should ever be used in the U.S. (1, 6, and 11).


Wifi reception issues are a big pain to deal with unfortunately. Depending on the situation, a repeater could help in whatever room is in between the room where the router currently is and where his roommate can't get reception. If the roommate happens to be using a desktop computer, a powerline network could be effective as well and would completely work around the wifi issues.

Its been rock solid where i live. 105 mb line sports package cable tv with showtime and HBO for 118 a month. That's not bad. Though one thing i will say you cant pause live tv on 2ndary boxes is crap.

yes, he's sold his soul for excellent reception and transfer speeds on his new toy...

the other 3 roommates are considering sedition and treason...

power line network?

can that be done without much expense?

i'd love to stop screwing with their wifi issues...

yeah, the roommate has a desktop, an old compaq...

good ideas there, thanks... :toast:

These will essentially turn it into a big ethernet extension cord that runs through the electrical wiring of the house.

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4...dp/B00AWRUICG/

Those power line adapters work great. When I first read about them I thought it sounded like a stupid idea. But I've used them for several years and they work perfectly. It's an easy way to get a wired network connection to an area of your house with poor wifi reception.

If you have limited plug ins get one with a pass through...

http://www.amazon.com/Powerline-Giga...erline+adapter

As a couple have mentioned they work good. I installed a couple for a guy I do side work for that was having issues with his Wi Fi because of wireless security cameras screwing with the signal. Worked like a charm and he loves them.

how do they work? do they pick up the wireless signal from the modem or do you have to plug one into to wired network and then plug another into the room needing the wifi reception?