mrtheedge2u2

I live in a 3 story house and my router is on the ground floor. Most streaming devices are either on the 1st or 2nd floor so I want to move my router up to the 1st floor.....main issue is that the phone box is only on the 1st floor.....is there anything that can be done easily to enable me to move the router a floor up? I do not want to install a phone box on on the 1st floor and plug-in boosters are spotty at best.

JDM_Stig

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Run a Ethernet cable from main router to 1st floor, turn a old BT HH6 a repeater,
Turn off DHCP & Firewall and you are good to go.

mrtheedge2u2

that was a thought but I would need to run a cable all the way through the living room on ground floor to get up the stairs (the layout makes this not practical) or drill a hole through the floor/ceiling.

TECHNOPUG

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Home plugs

JDM_Stig

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You are stuck with plug in boosters then aren't you lol

ALi-B

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Replace router with one that supports Mesh

add mesh repeaters as and where needed.

mrtheedge2u2

Will this maintain the same quality of signal? I ask as our house is like a sodding nuclear bunker with walls that are 4 miles thick.

MrRtm

There's no real comparison to running an actual cable no matter how hard you try and believe there is, a good cat 6/7 cable can transport 10gbps, speeds wifi and home plugs can only dream of (plugs have their own set of nightmares as do repeaters etc) and if your streaming, especially across multiple devices, trust me you need the bandwidth.

mrtheedge2u2

I do not stream but I do game a lot.....looks like I better getting drilling.

TECHNOPUG

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What's your current d/l speed? And what device do you have and how many users?

mrtheedge2u2

Hardwired I am pretty much 500/500mb......wifi on 1st floor drops to between 40 and 25mb download and on top floor it is snail pace......I kid you not when I say my walls are thick.

I have PS4, 2 Computers and TV all normally running at same time

ALi-B

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The principal of a good mesh as it essentially acts as one big wifi. Whereas individual access points mean you have to force your device to switch between them (even if using the same SSID). Mesh does the switching automatically.

You can get Mesh acesspoints that are built into a plug. So you can strategically place them and they ‘should’ daisy chain off (check specs) each other. So furthest links to the next closest access point which in turn connects to the router.

It is as is the best wireless (and latest) solution at present. Home plugs are older tech.

One drawback is overall throughout speed (the actual achievable data rates) at the furthest points. This obviously depends on the number of wifi devices connected and of course interference from neighbours wifi as well as Chinese power supplies (replica iphone chargers etc.), or even quality power supplies with failed components causing increased radio noise. It could even be that currently killing your existing wifi range/speed (even the supply to your router can be guilty of this).

Because of this, as mentioned, nothing beats cable. You can use Mesh in combination with a part-wired system, so a wired back-bone to multiple wireless access points. So whilst you may not get the cable where you want it, you could go in a similar direction and put a wired mesh access point there, say, in the room directly below, or go outside up along a drainpipe and back into the attic and have it above the desired room. Power over ethernet (POE) is a handy feature to have here.

mrtheedge2u2

Thanks Ali and everyone, for the feedback. Much appreciated.

MrRtm

Then hard wired is the only solution, every millisecond counts, i play CSGO religiously and 10ms is the difference between life and death lol

TECHNOPUG

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What performance issues are you currently experiencing?

mrtheedge2u2

lagging on pretty much every game I play (when i do run the ethernet cable, lagging stops). VPN on both home and computer computers continuously disconnecting as Cato struggles with poor signal and streaming sites buffering till the cows come home etc etc

TECHNOPUG

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Just try power lines first as it sounds like running cables through your house will be a lot of hassle. Won't be as good as direct ethernet but will be better than WiFi.

An0n0m0us

Power lines depend on how good your electrics are. My powerlines work great if they are on the same ring the router is plugged into and I get max through put as if I was directly plugged into the router. If I use another socket on a different ring the speed drops horrendously and is as bad as wifi speeds.