Question about Discs (1 or 2)?


james_uk

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Hi, I have Full fibre 500, and live in a house that's got 2 floors.

I get normal speed test readings downstairs where the router is, but by the time I am in the top floor, a speed test generally only comes back at about 13mbps. So I thought it might be a good idea to get 1 or 2 discs from Ebay, just someone who's selling theirs.

The main disc would go on the middle landing. I am wondering though, there is the stairs and sometimes living room door being shut that might lessen the signal to the dis on the landing and not sure 100% how it all works, but if I got a second disc and placed it in the downstairs hall, which is then a bit closer to the one on the landing. Would that help boost the signal to the disc on the landing, or would it not really make much odds?

If the living room door is closed, then the disc in the hall would still be hampered by that, but is that how these discs work, if the hall disc was getting a really good signal, would it feed from that to the one on the landing to give a stronger signal than if i didn't have a second disc?

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James
 

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Why are you talking about discs?
Did you mean [router] repeaters?

A problem in a two story house is surprising.
Check that your router is not set to low/medium power levels.
I can use my router through a floor & two brick walls.


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Hi, I have Full fibre 500, and live in a house that's got 2 floors.

I get normal speed test readings downstairs where the router is, but by the time I am in the top floor, a speed test generally only comes back at about 13mbps. So I thought it might be a good idea to get 1 or 2 discs from Ebay, just someone who's selling theirs.

The main disc would go on the middle landing. I am wondering though, there is the stairs and sometimes living room door being shut that might lessen the signal to the dis on the landing and not sure 100% how it all works, but if I got a second disc and placed it in the downstairs hall, which is then a bit closer to the one on the landing. Would that help boost the signal to the disc on the landing, or would it not really make much odds?

If the living room door is closed, then the disc in the hall would still be hampered by that, but is that how these discs work, if the hall disc was getting a really good signal, would it feed from that to the one on the landing to give a stronger signal than if i didn't have a second disc?

Regards
James

More discs are always better, I have one in the loft and one in the conservatory, which, combined with the router gives a stronger wifi mesh signal covering the entire house and garden.

There are a few different BT discs now, and they are not interchangeable (at least the ones I have are not), so if you are buying an extra one, make sure it's the same as the one you already have, and if buying all new make sure they are compatible with your home hub router.

Why are you talking about discs?
Did you mean routers / router repeaters?

Denis

It's the BT mesh wifi system repeater discs.
 

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Something else to consider is the signal type you are using, the shorter the wave length the better the penetration I beleive, so 2.5GHz will work through closed doors/ brick walls/ wooden floors without much issue but 5GHz, being a longer wave length, may struggle especially over longer distances.
Also is the broadcast pattern of the devices, some may need to be roughly all at the same height for best results others might work better above/ below each other. The device specs/ setup info should suggest best placement options.

There are also two types of mesh devices, those that boost and relay a signal and those that just relay a signal, the latter type will lose signal strength and quality over distance.
 

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It's the BT mesh wifi system repeater discs.

Thanks, John.

I looked them up and can now see that they are repeaters / extenders called "discs" because of their shape.
BT Complete Wi-Fi

I am not with BT and my network is managed by a single spikey oblong.


All the best,
Denis
 

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