Hey guys, I'm a bit clueless when it comes to networking and wireless connections. I've always had issues with my wireless connection on my laptop, so I've always used my phones hotspot instead. I figured it's about time I find a solution so I can have improved connection from here on out.
The modem/router are in our front office in the left corner of the house on the downstairs floor, whereas my room is in the upstrairs in the right corner above the garage. (It's the only upstairs room).
Other electronics work up there better than my laptop, but they too seem to often teeter on the connection. My Apple TV works fine for the most part, as does my iPad though it does more moments of a slowed connection than the Apple TV.
But the laptop gets the bulk of the problem, it can find the network and connect to it, but surfing often (very often) slows to a crawl, and playing online games is an enormous hassle. It very rarely connects to an online game server.
Today I brought the laptop into the same room as the router/modem and used it there. It connected to game servers flawlessly and my ping was vastly better than upstairs. I did an Ethernet connection and it was even quicker.
So I'm looking for an effective way to have the network hub not be in that front office, but instead in the upstairs room. I can't move it because of how it's wired through the walls specifically for that room. But I was hoping that there is a way to get a second router working in the upstairs room so that there could be a hub in both rooms, possibly allowing for an Ethernet connection since I don't move my laptop around much so a stable and quicker connection would be cool.
Sorry if a little wordy, I wanted to try and explain it as well as I could. Any help is greatly appreciated!
The modem/router are in our front office in the left corner of the house on the downstairs floor, whereas my room is in the upstrairs in the right corner above the garage. (It's the only upstairs room).
Other electronics work up there better than my laptop, but they too seem to often teeter on the connection. My Apple TV works fine for the most part, as does my iPad though it does more moments of a slowed connection than the Apple TV.
But the laptop gets the bulk of the problem, it can find the network and connect to it, but surfing often (very often) slows to a crawl, and playing online games is an enormous hassle. It very rarely connects to an online game server.
Today I brought the laptop into the same room as the router/modem and used it there. It connected to game servers flawlessly and my ping was vastly better than upstairs. I did an Ethernet connection and it was even quicker.
So I'm looking for an effective way to have the network hub not be in that front office, but instead in the upstairs room. I can't move it because of how it's wired through the walls specifically for that room. But I was hoping that there is a way to get a second router working in the upstairs room so that there could be a hub in both rooms, possibly allowing for an Ethernet connection since I don't move my laptop around much so a stable and quicker connection would be cool.
Sorry if a little wordy, I wanted to try and explain it as well as I could. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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