We just received and set-up our new AmpliFi HD WiFi System. We elected to go this route instead of Orbi for a variety of reasons, but the stated range and ability to transmit through walls were the greatest influence on our decision. We are looking to cover roughly 8k sq ft space that includes two building and an outbuilding. The outbuilding has wifi cameras, which is the main reason we need wifi there.

The coverage in the house (first building) appears to be great, even without the mesh points for the most part. The mesh point placement in the second building is roughly 80 ft from the router (which is on the first floor) and just under 70ft from the mesh point we located on the second floor. Line of site, the signal has to travel through three walls from the router and two walls from the second floor mesh point. We're getting ~32% on the mesh point (at 2.4 GHz) in the second building (is there a way to know if it's connecting directly to the router or hopping?).

Our major problem is that the signal is not reaching the outbuilding from the mesh point in the second building. The distance is roughly 75 feet from the mesh point in the second building to the outbuilding. There are two walls through which the signal must pass. We were reaching this outbuilding with a Netgear AC1200 Wifi Range mounted in the second building connected to a Netgear N600 Wireless Double Band Router, but it was relatively slow. Now we can't reach it at all.

Would it help to mount the mesh point in the second building on the second floor (it's currently on the first floor), where it would only need to pass through one wall to reach the outbuilding? Does the elevation help to improve the signal range?

Would it help to switch out the mesh point in the second building for a AmpliFi router used as an access point?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Ret Talbot

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