Wireless repeater for two story building

[Texashiker]

We have a wireless access point upstairs, but by the time to signal goes through the crawl space and thick floors, there is almost nothing left.

I would like to put a wireless repeater downstairs in the middle of the building.

Can someone suggest the model they used to fix low signal?

This is for a business setting, windows domain, shared printers, applications,,, the whole 9 yards.

 

[stlcardinals]

You don't want a repeater, you want multiple access points. Look at the Ubiquiti UniFi Access points. They will not break the bank and they work well. http://www.ubnt.com/unifi

 

[Texashiker]

You don't want a repeater, you want multiple access points. Look at the Ubiquiti UniFi Access points. They will not break the bank and they work well.

I just want something that I can plug into a cat-5 networking port and have it relay wireless request.

 

[kevnich2]

I just want something that I can plug into a cat-5 networking port and have it relay wireless request.

Yes, as the other poster indicated, look at unifi AP's. Once you get the management controller setup, all you have to do is plug in the cat5 cable into the AP (They come with the passive poe injector) and the controller gives each one it's settings.

 

[Texashiker]

Yes, as the other poster indicated, look at unifi AP's. Once you get the management controller setup, all you have to do is plug in the cat5 cable into the AP (They come with the passive poe injector) and the controller gives each one it's settings.

Reading the descriptions on amazon right now.

It looks interesting.

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Do I need to buy the software and the repeater, or does the repeater come with the software?

 

[JackMDS]

Regular One radio repeaters cut the Bandwidth into half and there is No directional playing with the signal.

If possible (good location with outlets), a good solution might be putting two Good Wireless Routers with high gain directional antennae in a Mid point where the signal is still strong.

Configure one Router to work as a Wireless Client Bridge and point its antenna to the main source. Feed its output (LAN to LAN port) to the second Router that is configured as an Access point and point its Antenna to the remote destination.

 

[Binky]

Unifi's can work as a wireless repeater or a wired mesh. As Jack mentions above, the repeater function of any wireless device has its drawbacks. You could also connect one or more Unifi's to your wired network over a powerline or MOCA connection, if that's an option.

The Unifi software is included, and they also give you the POE adaptor (power over ethernet), so you only need to run an ethernet cable to each location. They look like a large smoke detector. You do not need to run the Unifi software all the time if you don't need certain functions like the guest portal, but its probably not an issue to run it 24/7 in a business.