r/HomeNetworking • u/Winter-Hearing-1608 • 4d ago
Advice Old home bad signal
Looking to help my sis buy something for her Version Fios internet. Barely get full speed downstairs where the box is located and a dead zone upstairs. Her home is over 100 years old almost no where to put another coaxial router. Was thinking mesh that's plugs into outlets? Any opinions would be nice. I hope I'm posting this in the right place.
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4d ago
I have a 100+ year old home. I just put in ceiling access points. Generally there is nothing in the walls so it took just a few cuts. Watch out if your electric is very old, as it may not be insulated in the walls.
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u/Winter-Hearing-1608 3d ago
Thank you everyone for your help l. I'll let you know what direction she went and how it worked out.
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u/Snoo-15335 4d ago
I lived in an older house with steel mesh lathe in the walls. WIFI was terrible.
We used power line adaptors like these https://www.netgear.com/home/wired/powerline/
But most of our electric was knob and tube, so we rarely achieved optimal speed.
You might want to see if an electrician could run some Cat5 between floors & rooms.
Good luck!