Archer VR1210v wifi reach to garden in open air
I am thinking of moving from BT Business Broadband to Freeola because I don't want to sign a 24 month contract and Freeola offer a one month rolling contract. Freeola sell an Archer VR1210v (no mention of V2). My concern is about the WIFIi.I would only be using my laptop in the garden, in the open air, for word processing, access to web pages and printing pages, Currently my BT Business Smart Hub (first version I think) works OK. The Freeola salesman was a bit uncertain if it would work. I live in a one bedroom bungalow. My current BT Rouster is in the bedroom, so the signal needs to go from the garden, through the outer bungalow wall, and through the two shower room walls.
Is that likely to work, and if possibly not, what do you suggest as an alternative?
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@VicL Sorry, I should have written, I will be sitting in the Garden 3.5 Meters from the Bungalow's outside wall.
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Archer VR1210v shoulld manage to cover the distance you mentioned including bungallow's inside/outside walls.
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@terziyski Thanks. But will it also go through the 2 walls of the shower room that I mentioned?.
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If you’re mainly working in the garden, a mesh setup or range extender could help keep things stable—kind of like how labubu big into energy keeps the fun going without interruption.
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If the signal’s already decent with your BT hub, the Archer VR1210v might manage fine, but range can drop outdoors. A simple Wi-Fi extender near the garden could keep your connection as solid as a well-finished Hartholzboden.
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@stevepaul18 Thanks for the ideas but you give no opinion on the performance of the Router. I would like to avoid getting the wrong one in the first place if I can. Although it's better to keep with Freeola's offering, if I can, otherwise support can be more difficult. Although, extra hardware with their Router causes similar support risks.
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@jamesmarsden8 Thanks, that is somewhat re-assuring as regards the Router. I suppose it's hard to compare Routers, as they can have different specifications and technology.
And 'A simple Wi-Fi extender near the garden' sounds like an easy fall back position. I assume that the Extender is wireless, otherwise I will have to remove 2 or 3 bookcases and a Wardrobe to cable to such an extender from the new Router.
I could have the new fiber cable coming in from the street, in the same place as the current copper cable, which would mean only one wall to go through to the garden, although about the same distance. But the current BT Router is in a different room, my computer room. And there is a telephone cable going from where the current copper cable enters my bungalow to the Router. The bookcases were added later.
It seems better to have the Router near the computer, as currently, and that works with the BT Router. Hopefully, I am making the right decision, in having the fiber cable coming in directly to my computer room. This is for an extra £30, as I've been told they normally follow the path of the existing copper wire.
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