WiFi range
 

We have what is best described as a granny flat built onto the side of our house. Currently I have a WiFi booster thingy to extend the WiFi but it is most unreliable. I suspect that this is due to our router being in the living room and the extender being on what would have originally been the outside of an external wall ( now a wee passageway linking a shower room extension/ granny flat and garage.!)
How can I boost the signal through the walls or is it possible to get an internet socket installed ?

Thanks in advance for your assistance

Is the granny flat on the same earth loop as the rest of the house?

I was thinking that too. You can get extenders that use the mains wiring to carry the signal elsewhere. I have one and it works well

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=tp+link...l_3h6brbjsub_e

If that helps

I think it is , I will check that out

As already said, if it's on the same mains supply, use a powerline adapter.

I'm with virgin Media & their hub 3.0 is terrible as far as coverage goes although 0f course, they deny this!

I got so fed up with it that I ended up getting my own Netgear Nighthawk dual-band router & put the hub 3.0 in Modem mode.

I now get full speed all over the house, up the end of the garden (50ft) & outside the front of the house (on the road).

No wi-fi extenders or powerline adapters in use.

1. Change away from an ISP supplied router to something decent - there is a reason most ISP routers are free/almost free!
2. If you can, have some cat6 network cabling installed, you can then use an old router in access point mode to improve coverage (in essence, creating a second hotspot but with the same name so your devices will transfer seamlessly)
3. If (2) is not possible, powerline adapers are a good cheap, easy fix - but they work best when both socket outlets are on the same power circuit.

It's marginally better but still not right. I will probably get a proper connection put in:}

Who is your ISP?

It's Sky, I have spoken to them and they sent me a range extender which is what I'm currently using:}