move router to a different room from the modem in apartment

THEliryc24

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I am not very familiar with home networking so I decided to ask you guys for advice. I have been having problems with my network ever since we moved apartments. Before the modem(which is also the router) was in my bedroom which made everything easy since I use the internet majority of the time. Then we had to move apartments and the modem provided by the isp was installed on the opposite side of the house which turns out to be the master's bedroom. The signal from the modem was terrible so I decided to buy a Linksys EA6350 router which somewhat solved the problem. The signal got better but my devices, mainly my phone got disconnect from the network frequently. Today I got tired of the problem and bought a range extender (Linksys RE6700). It somewhat solved the problem, but now the range extender is the one losing connection with the router. Doing some research I just recently discovered power line adapters. So I thought of separating my router from my modem using power line adapters. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment so I don't know if they will work. I am hoping that this is possible since I can return the range extender and swap them for power line adapters (netgear PL1200). Thank you for your help.
 
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Instead of putting powerline adapters between your router and modem, I'd suggest getting a powerline adapter with a wifi extender built in and just put that on your side of the apartment. It'll make configuring and any future trouble shooting much easier. Something like this should do the trick.
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE-1000-802-11ac-Gigabit/dp/B01929V7ZG

Keep in mind with powerline adapters that they can not be plugged in to a power strip, they must be plugged directly in to the wall socket.
Instead of putting powerline adapters between your router and modem, I'd suggest getting a powerline adapter with a wifi extender built in and just put that on your side of the apartment. It'll make configuring and any future trouble shooting much easier. Something like this should do the trick.
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE-1000-802-11ac-Gigabit/dp/B01929V7ZG

Keep in mind with powerline adapters that they can not be plugged in to a power strip, they must be plugged directly in to the wall socket.
 
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