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Taubin

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#265647 3-Feb-2020 14:38
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I live in the top floor of a 3 floor apartment. The bottom is the garages, then my neighbour, then us on top. I need to get a connection to the garage, but have zero access to the middle floor as it's not ours. We are also renting so running cables somehow is out of the question.

 

I have power in the garage, but I'm not 100% sure how it's connected to our power so I don't know if a powerline connector would work (if at all). WiFi is fine and it does not need to be a fast connection, just fast enough for a webcam. I'll be putting a 3D printer in the garage, with octoprint and a webcam on a raspberry pi. I'm not sure if an extender would work (again it doesn't need to be a super fast connection), or if I should try powerline or if something else exists that I'm not aware of.

 

I am using a Frtizbox 7490. I took my phone down, and I get about a half bar connection on the wifi, which wont' let me browse sites or the network, it's just too low of a connection.

 

I'm not able to move the router as that's where the fibre connection is, and the apartment isn't wired for ethernet.

 

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Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.





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  #2411963 3-Feb-2020 16:08
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Just bung the second Fritz in the garage and see if it connects - it may be able to get a better signal than your phone. Likely doesn't need to be a fast connection, just reliable. Try moving the Fritz's around a little bit as well to find the best antenna orientation.




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  #2412027 3-Feb-2020 20:02
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Just wanted to update, using the second fritzbox worked great. It's not a great internet connection but again it doesn't need to be. I was over-complicating things as I have a tendency to do. Thank you all for the help and suggestions. Cheers





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