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llllloyd
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I have successfully solved the WiFi issues my parents were having in their Edwardian home. The existing Virgin Superhub 3 wasn't cutting the mustard (dropping devices sat right by it, poor range etc) and they were reluctant to spend a lot to fix it as they thought it was 'fine'.
So I have set the up with a Mesh network on the cheap - I bought them three Fritz!Box 3490 ADSL modem/routers for around £25-30 each from eBay. It seems that lots of ISP's (inc my own, which is were I got the ideal orignally) are upgrading everyone to the new model 7530, so they come up regually for cheap.
They're an...interesting looking design....
Updated the OS on them all to the latest version, put the Virgin box in modem mode and then set a fritz as the Mesh Master and the other two as repeaters, link them up and away you go. Yes its not as high performance as other options, but it cost less than £100 and now they have 'whole house WiFi (as well as garden and workshop)' without the confusion of repeaters broadcasting seperate overlapping SSID's.
I think they have now realised how much better it is now; they dont have any mobile signal in the house at all, so WiFi is pretty useful for them, especially as now they're not limited to using it in only a few rooms. I'd recommend it for anyone looking to do it on the cheap or if just coverage is your aim.