Move Base Station? Can Base Station connect to router via wireless?

[NorCalRob]

I have three Arlo Pro 2s around the house. Two of them are not receiving as strong of a signal from the base station as they should. The house's wifi router is in one room at one end of the house. These two cameras are at the other end of the house. The Arlo base station is directly connected to the router. I don't have a crawl space in the attic so can't move the base station with long wires in the attic. I purchased a wifi extender THEN found out the cameras are synced with the base station and will not be helped by an extender. Are there any options I am not seeing? Can the base station connect to the router wirelessly? Thx!

[michaelkenward]

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@NorCalRob wrote:
Are there any options I am not seeing? Can the base station connect to the router wirelessly?

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You need a wired connection of some sort. You could try plugging the base station into the wifi extender and see if that spreads the hub's wifi out to your cameras. I have done this with an Arlo hub plugged into an Orbi router.

Another option that I have used is Netgear's Powerline Ethernet. This uses the mains circuit as an Ethernet connection.

[AncientGeek]

Some extenders offer an RJ45 jack.  I think we’ve seen mixed results with those.  Orbi is great since it is a true mesh system.  A mesh is by far the best answer (short of a network cable...which is always best) since that also improves WiFi performance at the other end of the house.

I have had poor experience with PowerLine extenders, but some people have had good luck with them.

Modern homes should be built with at least one wired connection to every major room in a house.  Preferably within a conduit to allow for future technology.  Sadly many builders and most homeowners, don’t think of it until it is too late.    Cable TV, telephone, etc. connections should not terminate exclusively in the corner of the basement.  There should be a central closet for these on the main floor.  But I digress....

[jguerdat]

I've used both WiFi and powerline extenders with great success. The biggest issue with the powerline ones that I experienced is needing to find an appropriate outlet that provides the best signal, especially in an old, poorly wired house like mine (one circuit seems to run half the house). The use of the WiFi extender is my choice do to ease of positioning but YMMV.

[AncientGeek]

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@jguerdat wrote:

I've used both WiFi and powerline extenders with great success. The biggest issue with the powerline ones that I experienced is needing to find an appropriate outlet that provides the best signal, especially in an old, poorly wired house like mine (one circuit seems to run half the house). The use of the WiFi extender is my choice do to ease of positioning but YMMV.

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Good to hear.  My power line experiences are limited to a vacation house built in the early 1950s and expanded in the early 1970s and one Virgin Island home constructed in 1999 out of reinforced concrete.  The latter didn’t do well with wireless extenders for obvious reasons and power line extenders were not very happy with the wiring for whatever reason...perhaps grounding.  I ran CAT-5e cables this year (three cheers for conduit!) and will install a mesh system next year when I’m down there.  The owner appreciates the crazy geek who rents and improves the place each year.