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[TheBoy]

I never had a problem with my sky router for range,could use it while in the garage and my flat is on the 2nd floor

A lot depends on selected channel, and number of other wifi routers in the area. For example, I can see 34 Wifi Access Points from my front room, which is always going to severely reduce range.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

I never had a problem with my sky router for range,could use it while in the garage and my flat is on the 2nd floor

A lot depends on selected channel, and number of other wifi routers in the area. For example, I can see 34 Wifi Access Points from my front room, which is always going to severely reduce range.

Interesting, When searching for WiFi I only find one other on the list apart from mine. I live in the countryside with the odd scattered house here and there, So shouldn't my signal distance be better then ?

Let us know of your findings on the HH4 when you test it 

[omega3000]

It was the BT major line fault , we dont have BT as a provider but its their fault  I presume someone with a mini digger dug up the fiber optic cables  We had a message saying BT take no responsibility and no claim can be made for any compensation against them  Well i missed a bloody 99p bargain on egay so i want my compensation   

[TheBoy]

It was the BT major line fault , we dont have BT as a provider but its their fault  I presume someone with a mini digger dug up the fiber optic cables  We had a message saying BT take no responsibility and no claim can be made for any compensation against them  Well i missed a bloody 99p bargain on egay so i want my compensation 

I would suspect not a "major line fault", rather your ISP trying to shift blame. Major line faults would likely have knocked out your immediate area (or at least half of it).

Your contract is with your phone provider, and Openreach/BT are just a wholesaler. You need to press your phone provider for compo. Your provider would have its own set of SLAs with Openreach/BT, which will likely have certain penalties if these are breached.

[AndyRoid]

My sky router is fast enough but the range is crap. Just about manages to reach upstairs.

Swap it out for a router with external antennas that can take DD-WRT
Install the aforementioned, swap the antenna out for a hi-gain one, and you won't have any signal problems again 

[cem_devecioglu]

when I came home opened the modem no dsl light  friday night as I was tired and had to read some documents not bothered..

saturday I checked again not working still so I called operator and told the situation..

the girl asked me : is the modem on 

I replied I'm a programmer, please! after 3-4 minutes they corrected the problem

[TheBoy]

My sky router is fast enough but the range is crap. Just about manages to reach upstairs.

Swap it out for a router with external antennas that can take DD-WRT
Install the aforementioned, swap the antenna out for a hi-gain one, and you won't have any signal problems again 

Or plenty of off-the-shelf routers that do have decent wifi, even before changing antennas, for those that want something to just work from the box.


On the subject of wifi range, a few years ago, we linked by bro's 2 business premises by wifi. The gear we used was supposed to be good for 16km (dropping down to 1Mbps in the process).  We thought that would be more than adequate to do the 300m between the premises

[omega3000]

The whole area was knocked out , phone and internet for 3 days . As far as i can make out the major line fault knocked out as far as Leicester 

[AndyRoid]

On the subject of wifi range, a few years ago, we linked by bro's 2 business premises by wifi. The gear we used was supposed to be good for 16km (dropping down to 1Mbps in the process).  We thought that would be more than adequate to do the 300m between the premises

A friend & I did the same a couple of years ago when he moved in to our local (sadly since shut down) that is approx 50 metres away, we used a couple of 24dB gain directional antennas in conjunction with a couple of cheap Chinese 1W RF amps which gave us an ERP of just over 150W each 

[TheBoy]

The whole area was knocked out , phone and internet for 3 days . As far as i can make out the major line fault knocked out as far as Leicester 

Smells of a bit of bully you're being told by your ISP, unless it was specific to your provider, and they have no resilience on their network.

[omega3000]

Low signal and range from that poxy router  Engineer coming out