WIFI REPEATER/EXTENDER for first floor.

[Benjamin_24]

So I share wifi with my neighbors and their router and modem are on the second floor. I live on the first floor with my pc right below their router yet I still experience lag spikes during gaming sessions. My question is will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my lag spike problem, note I cannot install a modem or run a cable on the first floor. I cannot meddle with the modem or router on the second floor either unless neccessary. Will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my problem? If yes please link me to a good one.

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

So I share wifi with my neighbors and their router and modem are on the second floor. I live on the first floor with my pc right below their router yet I still experience lag spikes during gaming sessions. My question is will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my lag spike problem, note I cannot install a modem or run a cable on the first floor. I cannot meddle with the modem or router on the second floor either unless neccessary. Will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my problem? If yes please link me to a good one.

Repeaters and extenders will actually make the issue worse, since they halve the wireless throughput by nature. They are good for light browsing, but terrible for gaming.

 

[kanewolf]

If the electircal goes to a single breaker panel, you may be able to use powerline network adapters.

 

[Benjamin_24]

So I share wifi with my neighbors and their router and modem are on the second floor. I live on the first floor with my pc right below their router yet I still experience lag spikes during gaming sessions. My question is will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my lag spike problem, note I cannot install a modem or run a cable on the first floor. I cannot meddle with the modem or router on the second floor either unless neccessary. Will getting a Wifi Repeater solve my problem? If yes please link me to a good one.

Repeaters and extenders will actually make the issue worse, since they halve the wireless throughput by nature. They are good for light browsing, but terrible for gaming.

So theres no way to fix my lag spikes?

 

[Benjamin_24]

If the electircal goes to a single breaker panel, you may be able to use powerline network adapters.

im afraid it does not

 

[kanewolf]

You can buy your own internet service. You can attempt to use an ethernet cable in some way or you can try powerline network adapters. Those are your options.

 

[Solandri]

So I share wifi with my neighbors and their router and modem are on the second floor. I live on the first floor with my pc right below their router yet I still experience lag spikes during gaming sessions.

The little whip antennas on routers are only omnidirectional horizontally. Their signal strength forms a torus (donut shape). Directly above and below them is where the signal strength is weakest when the antenna is pointed straight up/down.

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Before resorting to buying new hardware, you can try tilting one of the antennas by about 45 degrees or whatever it takes to intersect your PC. (If the router only has one antenna, this may not be an option as it will affect your neighbor's reception as well.) The antenna on your PC's wifi adapter should be tilted at the same angle - reception is best when the sending and receiving antennas are parallel to each other.

If this is an older 802.11b or g router, those protocols would slow down to the speed of the slowest connected device. 802.11n and ac support different connection speeds for different devices. However, if you have a n router which supports b and g, and a g-only device connects to it, it may put the router into g mode. Basically make sure all the connecting devices support n or ac (in the router's wireless settings you can disable support for b and g, and see if anyone complains their device no longer connects).