Wifi extender vs ethernet

[noah_51]

My internet is my room is god awful. I was thinking about whether or jot i should buy a wifi extender or ethernet cord. My router is on the opposite side of the house and i have only heard bad things about wifi extenders, so what would be the lesser of two evils? By the way i have a puppy which is why im hesitant about ethernet cord

 

[Herc08]

I would go with a Powerline. It's not as fast as point to point cables, but better than the extender (usually cheaper). It uses ethernet over power. That's just my three cents.

 

[USAFRet]

My internet is my room is god awful. I was thinking about whether or jot i should buy a wifi extender or ethernet cord. My router is on the opposite side of the house and i have only heard bad things about wifi extenders, so what would be the lesser of two evils? By the way i have a puppy which is why im hesitant about ethernet cord

If at all possible, an ethernet cable.
After that, powerline.
WiFi is far, far down the list.

 

[BFG-9000]

If you're not renting, the ethernet cable can be run outside the house tucked under the siding or through the crawl space or attic with just two holes drilled. There are also flat cables for running under carpet or out of windows.

I've seen powerline adapters tested with worse ping than Wifi (depends entirely on your house wiring), and remember the typical Wifi repeater doubles latency and halves bandwidth because it only has one radio. Some of those expensive mesh models use 2 radios, dedicating a different channel or band to the backhaul connection so they only double latency and don't affect bandwidth.

If you have coax running to every room there's also MOCA to consider.