How to connect Three Home Signal Box with no router in Room?

DanielWilko

Hi all, wondering if anyone with better knowledge than myself can help me solve this little problem.

My wife and I live in basement flat which gets no mobile signal at all(we are with Three) so Three have sent me a Home Signal Box which I am supposed to plug in to mains and the router via Ethernet and it will boost the strength so the phones can work. Seems straightforward but the problem is we live in an apartment block where the router is located in another flat on the ground floor which is used by the three basement flats. This means I am unable to connect the home signal box to the router.

Is there such thing as an extender with Ethernet ports so I can plug in an extender in our flat and then plug the Home Signal box directly into that to use the WiFi? If it does any recommendations for a brand/model?

Any help would be appreciated! WiFi calling is awful!
cheers
Dan

neilball

You need a wifi extender that operates in “bridge” mode - you set it up to connect to the existing router via wifi and then can use its RJ45 socket to connect to your Three extender.

Something like this would do the trick...
TP-Link RE200 AC750 Universal Dual Band Range Extender, Broadband/Wi-Fi Extender, Wi-Fi Booster/Hotspot with Ethernet Port, Plug and Play, Smart Signal Indicator, UK Plug https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KVD6CJY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Kg9EDbC56B68Q

psychopomp1

Any reason why each flat hasnt got its own internet connection and therefore it’s own router? If you’re sharing due to cost, then a vdsl2 connection can be bought for as little as £20 /m and would allow you to use Three Wi-Fi calling properly.

gagaga

Lose track of where iphones are upto, but android phones should do native Wifi calling without the bridge on three.

DanielWilko

This worked a treat! thank you for the advice!

Landlord has routers for each floor.

It does work but it was very poor connection, WiFi is a little slow as they is no Fibre on the road as of yet!