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Wi-Fi and network installation in San Leandro
1920s period houses and 1950s manor tracts. Alameda County, California.
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Homes in San Leandro
San Leandro's north end holds its best-known older neighborhoods. Estudillo Estates and Broadmoor are full of houses from the 1920s and 1930s in Tudor, Colonial and Mediterranean styles. Houses of that age usually have plaster walls, and often a garage set back behind the house. Floresta and Washington Manor were built mostly in the 1950s as postwar tract homes.
Lots of about 50 by 100 feet make up most of the postwar neighborhoods and are typical of the older ones too. Bay-O-Vista, up in the hills, has larger ranch-style homes with panoramic views of the bay. Mission Bay, a community of Spanish-style manufactured homes around a pond, is described as the first double-wide mobile home community in Alameda County.
San Leandro was laid out from 1855 on the Estudillo family's rancho and incorporated in 1872. Long a farming town with a large Portuguese community, it became a center of postwar suburban building.
What that means for your Wi-Fi
Period houses with plaster and arched doorways
Plaster walls in 1920s and 1930s houses tend to cut signal sharply between rooms. We wire access points through the crawl space and attic so the back bedrooms get the same speed as the living room.
Deep lots with a garage at the back
On a lot 100 feet deep, a detached garage or workshop can sit a long way from the router. We run buried cable to it and add an outdoor access point for the yard between.
Ranch homes in Bay-O-Vista built for the view
A ranch plan built to face the view often leaves the far end of the house weak. We run cable through the attic to ceiling access points at both ends and one for the deck.
Around San Leandro
- Casa Peralta: Built in 1901 by Ludovino Peralta and remodeled in 1927, the house is now a museum run by the city.
- San Leandro Marina: The marina park on the bay has group picnic areas, trails and docking facilities for boats.
- Lake Chabot Regional Park: The regional park next to the city surrounds a reservoir and offers hiking and camping.
Questions about Wi-Fi in San Leandro
Why does Wi-Fi drop off in the back rooms of my Estudillo Estates house?
Plaster is the likely cause. Walls in 1920s and 1930s houses tend to cut signal sharply between rooms. We wire access points through the crawl space and attic, where the house has them, so the back bedrooms match the living room.
Can you get Wi-Fi to a garage at the back of my lot?
Yes. On a lot 100 feet deep, a detached garage or workshop can sit a long way from the router. We run buried cable to it and add an outdoor access point for the yard in between.
How do you cover a long ranch home in Bay-O-Vista?
With more than one wired access point. A ranch plan built to face the view often leaves the far end of the house weak. We run cable through the attic, where there is one, to ceiling access points at both ends and one for the deck.