topic Re: Extending the range in a concrete house in Arlo

Extending the range in a concrete house

BazzaB — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:09:00 GMT

I have a large concrete tilt slab house and can only get the cameras to work down one end of the house. I already have wifi 3 extenders connected to a netgear ehternet switch. Do i just plug the Base Station into the ethernet swith and it will use the wifi extenders or do i need to add another Base Station.How do I add another base station to increase the range.

barry@soundvision.co.nz

Re: Extending the range in a concrete house

TomMac — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:52:46 GMT

You have two methods to increase your range under those conditions.... the cameras will ONLY talk to the base and not work alone thru an extender.

1) use a second base plugged into a wifi extender ethernet port ( set up on main wifi system first before moving ) IF the wifi extender has enough range too

2) run an ethernet cable ( up to a few hundred feet ) from your switch / ethernet port of the main wifi system to the far end of the home and plug into a second base.

IMO, the first is easier if your extender has enough range and thru-put for the base, but the second would be the better choice long term as if needed you can split the cable in a simple switch for additional ports at the far end

Re: Extending the range in a concrete house

jguerdat — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:53:45 GMT

It may also be useful to place the base station as high as possible to get better range.