Alien
Epic Member
Hey guys need a bit of advice on wifi.
We have heavy machinery which does create a minor EMF and as a result we put extra boosters etc to get into all the necessary corners etc. I will post a basic diagram of layout if needed. but basically a network cable comes into the room. Goes into router 1 then another from router 1 to router 2.. There is also a booster as mentioned before on the far side of router 2 so essentially router 2 is the piggy in the middle. There are many machines in the room that need to transmit data to our network.
The problem
For some reason all 3 simultaneously stop transmitting on an irregular basis and dont come back up without a restart.
This could be due to static(lots of dust in the room) or maybe some sort of EMP since EMF's wouldn't allow it to come back up anyway. (yea we have been discussing theoretical causes haha.)
It is possible that router 1 is damaged but it is unlikely that both ethernet and wireless would go at same time.
It is even possible that there is something in there flooding the frequency range but once again, unless its the routers then why would it come back up after a restart
So i'm looking for something that will give us the best wireless uptime or close to it. We will be installing a 3rd cable and switch to split the signals instead of the router.
Is it possible to get routers/extenders that actually boost signal instead of creating its own seperate hotspot? This might eliminate signal dead spots created by machines picking a weaker hotspot instead.
We have heavy machinery which does create a minor EMF and as a result we put extra boosters etc to get into all the necessary corners etc. I will post a basic diagram of layout if needed. but basically a network cable comes into the room. Goes into router 1 then another from router 1 to router 2.. There is also a booster as mentioned before on the far side of router 2 so essentially router 2 is the piggy in the middle. There are many machines in the room that need to transmit data to our network.
The problem
For some reason all 3 simultaneously stop transmitting on an irregular basis and dont come back up without a restart.
This could be due to static(lots of dust in the room) or maybe some sort of EMP since EMF's wouldn't allow it to come back up anyway. (yea we have been discussing theoretical causes haha.)
It is possible that router 1 is damaged but it is unlikely that both ethernet and wireless would go at same time.
It is even possible that there is something in there flooding the frequency range but once again, unless its the routers then why would it come back up after a restart
So i'm looking for something that will give us the best wireless uptime or close to it. We will be installing a 3rd cable and switch to split the signals instead of the router.
Is it possible to get routers/extenders that actually boost signal instead of creating its own seperate hotspot? This might eliminate signal dead spots created by machines picking a weaker hotspot instead.
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