Homeplug 2nd wifi zone solution?

[rwm1962]

I use WiFi & homeplugs (network over mains) at home. After a recent phone contract change my reception in workshop is really bad. Too far from house for a booster & not practical to hard wire.
I'm after a homeplug device for the workshop that will create a new wifi zone. I did have a device from Aldi years back that was supposed to do this but I could never get it to work.

Looking for recommendations for a device that will do this that is easy to set up.

Thanks!

 

[novocaine]

I use WiFi & homeplugs (network over mains) at home. After a recent phone contract change my reception in workshop is really bad. Too far from house for a booster & not practical to hard wire.
I'm after a homeplug device for the workshop that will create a new wifi zone. I did have a device from Aldi years back that was supposed to do this but I could never get it to work.

Looking for recommendations for a device that will do this that is easy to set up.

Thanks!

Got an old router laying about? Set it up on the edge of you WiFi range as a repeater.

 

[rwm1962]

I don't unfortunately . The wifi will reach all the way to the loft but barely past the back door 15ft away. Exterior walls are a solid foot plus thick. [Edit 20" thick]

 

[Stretch79]

A repeater would be needed then in that case

 

[rwm1962]

A repeater would be needed then in that case

Thanks.
Can you recommend a good one, easy to set up?

 

[Stretch79]

TP link are pretty good

 

[nstarmore]

TP link Deco M4's are a good shout, mesh setup so modular and easy to set up. I installed them in my house when I built an office in my garage and was that impressed I got a setup for the in laws as well (who have a house built of thick concrete walls like yours). Recomended to a few colleagues for reliable home office wifi setups and everyone who has set one up has been impressed. Can manage the whole network through a (good) phone app as well.

 

[ajm]

Meshing WiFi is always the worst solution - always has been and probably always will be due to the non-negotiable laws of physics coupled with the law of never having power sockets in suitable locations. Obviously a cable to the workshop and an access point in there is the best solution; second best (assuming relatively clear line of site between the buildings) is probably a wireless bridge with additional access point inside the workshop. Is the workshop on the same electricity supply as the house though? If so then the TP-Link HomePlug devices are OK, about £40 gets you a wireless (for the workshop) and non-wireless (for the house) pair and those are literally plug and play. Which Homeplugs do you currently use?

 

[rwm1962]

I have 2 TP Link plugs to connect router to a PC. Workshop is on same supply. I had a cheap extender/repeater/access point from Aldi but couldn't set it up.

I've just bought one of these. Hopefully it'll do the job.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/powerline/tl-wpa4220/

 

[rwm1962]

Sorted! Thanks. Gone from patchy 4G to nothing to full strength wifi.