On Friday, 25 September 2020 at 21:01:18 UTC+1, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
I'm assuming that you aare referring to the net on the mains wiring as I do
not see the connection between wifi and the power socket. but many smart
sockets/plugs etc have a good crap remover in them to stop the net over the
mains signals scrambling the device, they all work using over the air
systems as far as I can tell. As those who know me will tell you, I am
leader of the unofficial kill all plug in internet adaptors society, they
cause so much interference and trouble.
What would I do? I'd switch the Sky router to modem mode and get a decent
router with proper aerials on it or at least places you can plug external
ones onto. Its often the return signal from the remote device that gives the
problem, so the best aerial you can get to receive on is going to work
best.
Brian

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I am using a Sky modem/router which generally gives quite good WiFi
throughout the house even outside and in the garage. However in the kitchen
there is one smart socket that seems to lose its WiFi connection on occasion
and given time will usually re-establish a connection. However it has
sometimes been down when we required it which meant waiting till it sorted
itself out or manually reconnect it. So I am looking at a solution to make
it more reliable. I am however confused about some of the hardware supposed
to make the system work better and have a few questions for those in the
know.

1. What is the difference between a wireless access point, a WiFi extender
and a Mesh system?

2. Which of the above would give the me the best result, crucially without
affecting the performance of other WiFi connected devices?

3. What is involved in the installation of each of the above such as
connections and powering?

Incidentally, the smart socket is used to power some "landing" lights along
the edge of the driveway to help reversing in the dark, using a smart socket
enables us to use the Alexa App to switch on/off the lights as required.

Richard

Thanks for all the useful advice. I think it will be a WAP and I am interested in the prospect of PoE as a CCTV system we are considering uses this for power and data transmission. Currently the wired part of my network consists of a single CAT 5e cable going to a 4 port switch that connects to a Web enabled TV and my grandsons Playstation. Since the Sky modem/router only has two ports and both are occupied one the Hive Hub and the previously mentioned cable it looks like I need another switch does that have to be a specific PoE enabled type or will any bog standard one suffice? The rest of the shopping list will be a PoE power injector and possibly a power splitter to power the switch. Any gotchas regards using PoE with legacy equipment?

Thanks again
Richard