I need a Wireless Engineer

$200-500 USD

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about 2 years ago

$200-500 USD

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We have had an old house that has thick walls that makes it hard for Wifi to go through. In addition, we have a second building (containing an apartment and a study) on the property that requires WIFI. The building is about approximately 120ft away from the house. Our current router is Xfinity and is in the building. We also have an AmpliFi Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System, and a Linksys RE9000 Extender. The Wifi is overall not terrible, but it's not ideal. There are some weak spots, and doing things that require a strong connection such as video calling, are somewhat difficult if you are not close to the main router, or one of the Amplifi's. I don't know what the best solution is to make the Wifi really good everywhere in the house, as well as the other building, so I'm hoping an expert could help us find the best possible Wifi solution, by either coming and accessing the Wifi in person, or virtually. I just feel like there must be a better way to have really good WiFi, and I am not technically savvy enough to figure that out by myself.

Project ID: 33039214

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Location: Philadelphia, United States

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@aluciano710

I am an electrical engineer and familiar with these systems in general. I don't claim to be a wireless engineer with advanced signal scanning tools or anything of that nature. Your problem is similar to one I've seen many times and actually have solved in my personal properties. I have wifi reaching 4 stories inside one building and beamed 300 feet down a New York City block to connect another building with minimal loss in speed or bandwidth. I've bid $350 which will include a more detailed assessment of your situation and assistance on a few tests you can run to see where weak links are along with recommendation of hardware and placement to purchase. The main cost is going to be in hardware. That's what is lacking with the generic routers and extenders you are using now. This is probably more than you're bargaining for but if you really would like someone to go out there and just get it all done, I could do it for $1,000. I'm living in Dallas now so it would have to be a weekend that I'm back visiting my properties in NYC. I can wire everything up and configure the satellite links and such but won't include mounting, drilling or cable routing for any necessary links since I'm not a general contractor. Should be simple to do though if you are handy around the house.

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