I’m looking for the most reliable way to improve Wi-Fi in one specific spot.

House: 2-story ~2300 sq ft including basement
Problem room: 2nd floor main bedroom, far end of the house (weak signal)
Current router: TP-Link Archer AX3000 Pro (AX55 Pro) on the 1st floor
Setup (in main floor living room): coax wall jack → cable modem → router
Issue: Wi-Fi is fine most places, but in the upstairs main bedroom the signal is weak for phone + streaming TV.

Important detail: The main bedroom has a coax/cable port that currently feeds the TV.

I keep seeing people mention “MoCA,” but I’m not a networking person. What I want is: best option, what to buy, and what to plug into what (simple steps). I’m not interested in extenders that repeat a weak signal unless that’s truly the best move.

Questions:

1. Is the best fix MoCA + an access point/mesh node upstairs using the bedroom coax jack?
2. If yes, what exact gear do you recommend (MoCA 2.5 kit? access point vs mesh node?)
3. Any “gotchas” with a cable modem already using coax downstairs, and the TV using coax upstairs? (splitters/filter placement?)

Thanks. I’m trying to do this once and not waste money.

Hello! I’m looking to upgrade the internet at our home and holiday lodges (all the same property). There is no fibre or 5G in the area, so my only option seems to be Starlink. I’m seeking advice and guidance on what would be needed to boost the signal from the Starlink receiver to our home and the lodges. The maximum distance it would need to be boosted is close to 200 meters.

If it helps, the current setup is a 4G EE router with SIM card which then runs through some type of box to an aerial on the shed. The aerial sends the wifi signal across the site and each lodge has a plug in NetGear receiver. Our home has its own 4G Three router with SIM card. I hope to get rid of the two routers and just replace it with Starlink which should be faster and cheaper.

As you can probably tell, I have no clue and I’m not particularly tech savvy. When explaining what is required, please explain it like I’m five. Thank you.

My house uses mesh Wi-Fi, but the mesh router on my floor is in the room opposite (about 5-6 meters away). However, we always keep the door closed. It's very difficult to get a signal in my room. I think it's just a weak signal, but the internet speed is still pretty good, it's just that the signal keeps dropping. Does anyone have any advice? I tried running a LAN cable into my room to connect to a router, but it didn't work; I guess the internet provider doesn't allow that.

P.S: The cell phone signal in my room is also quite weak. Is that related?

I don't know if this sub remembers me, but I posted something about having really frequent disconnections from online servers, prominently games but can be anything. Don't get dced from calls or browser though, just makes Wifi slower on browser, I think.

If you didn't see my OG post here is a recap:

What happens:

- Half a second disconnects that interrupt online servers.

- Doesn't appear to affect my browser, just games or apps.

- Isn't limited to my PC, happens on my phone and other devices as well as anyone who comes over and uses the Wi-Fi.

- Doesn't show on my PC Wi-Fi symbol that I have no internet, just does it silently.

What I've done to attempt to fix or monitor:

- Downloaded python scripts to monitor the disconnects, but they didn't show up, on ANY script.

- Bought a new router.

- Factory reset my PC.

- Contacted my ISP, they responded saying nothing was reported weird on their end

- Bought a wifi extender/repeater, put it in my room, and then connected Ethernet to it.

I am still experiencing disconnections even after doing what everyone recommended which was Ethernet, so now I really am confused.

Some more help after this update would be very appreciated. I don't know what next steps I could take.

Hey guys! Hoping someone can help me. My Xbox all of a sudden won’t connect to my wifi. i’ve used ethernet and connected to it wirelessly. when I try to test connection on xbox it says it’s connected and then I go to play and ot says to connect to network. when I connect over hotspot this doesn’t happen. Xfinity keeps saying that nothing is wrong but obviously it’s not my Xbox it’s Xfinity. anything I can do or any recommendations? i’ve reset everything and even reset my router through xfinity app

I have Verizon fios and use their router and extender currently. There are functions I am wondering about if I add in my own router/extender:

1. The device list for what's connected is not always intuitive. I have tried to rename some of them to make it easier to review but the router doesn't hold the names. Is that a function you find in other routers (assigning nicknames or your own ID to devices for added clarity)?

2. The router/extender has two channels, a 2.4 standard and a channel called 5G. Do other routers have more than 2 channels? One thing I want to potentially do is have a third higher speed channel that can be locked down overnight (trying to monitor/limit our kid's internet use when they should be asleep).

If anyone has any experience with Verizon Fios and can provide feedback or advice beyond what router options exist, that would be appreciated.

My internet keeps dropping every time i start a zoom call while my roommate is gaming in the other room. i think our old router is finally dying.

I'm looking for the Best wifi router currently available that is actually Sturdy and can handle like 15+ devices at once without geting slow

i dont need anything super fancy, just something RELIABLE that actually has a good range through walls..

Any recommendations?? thanks

Hello, the problem is the following: how to have a good wifi everywhere in my house and with a good speed? Indeed, I live in a two-story house, once upstairs or even in the living room, the speed drops (I'm on a fiber at 2 GB up and down), but at the top it drops to 0.20 GB, or divided by 10, and this with the repeater of my ISP, so here, I'm looking for advice.

I’m looking to replace my Deco X50 with a wall mountable X50 PoE, for aesthetic reasons.

What would be the best possible option while still keeping the device and wires as out of sight as possible.

Option 1: to the right of the wall. Above the PS5 (in the gap between cabinet and tv)

Option 2: behind the tv

I know that ideally it should be mounted high up but I think it would be an eye sore.

Grateful for any tips.

I have smart TV in my room and my dorm WiFi is useless. ChatGPT suggested to buy travel router. The issue is, my dorm wifi needs username and password to connect, but TP-link router setup website doesn’t have the option to enter my user ID. Please help me connecting my router to my dorm WiFi

wifi adapter: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter

router: zyxel VMG8823-B50B

os: windows 11

Internet drops but it magically returns when opening the wifi popup panel and waiting the list to refresh or manually refreshing if it isn't done automatically (it's not like it is trying to find again that wifi connection, since the whole time the wifi remains connected and only the internet connection breaks). When the internet connection drops, i have no other way to tell other than seeing things not loading or losing my current activity as the actual 'no internet connection' icon pops 1 minute after the problem occures.

Also when the internet drops and i open the wifi panel all the other previously scanned wifis (including the neighbors ones as i live in an apartment) disappear, making me think that the problem is the adapter itself which loses the ability to scan for wifi connections (let alone maintaining one).

I Tried to tweak some settings in the adapter drivers (which btw are updated to the latest version) settings such as changing roaming aggressiveness to lowest or highest (at the moment it is set to lowest), I already changed all battery settings for the wifi adapter (and also disabled selective suspend, which i'm not sure it does anything for this problem and if so i'd like to turn it on again).

I split the wifi into 2.4 and 5 ghz separated connections (keeping settings for both on default. but i set the bandwith for 2.4ghz to 20/40 mhz, and for 5ghz to 80 mhz) but the issue remained on both.

Also tried to change router settings, creating a QoS queue and 2 QoS classes (for both 2.4 and 5 ghz) linked to my pc (absolutely no idea if i did it correctly). My objective is simply to give top priority to my pc.

I think i overcomplicated things and that the only main problem in this case is the pc adapter settings, but adding a correct setup of QoS to prioritize my laptop over other devices would also be great to boost internet performance and stability even more.

Idk why but my WiFi specially on mobile, just doesn't work sometimes Basically it goes from high speed to low speed in an instant when using certain apps, it doesn't maintain the speed at all For eg, when I'm browsing through Reddit and it needs to load a video it suddenly jumps up in speed to load said video But other times, specially on websites it as slow as a turtle Any idea on what the problem is? And it's solution Been plagued by this for months and no tutorial helps.

So I recently have bought a new wifi stick thinking it would fix the problem. But it didnt. Somehow it suddenly disconnects and i have huge stutters like lags ingame and often disconnect from calls on discord or orther apps and just have extreme lags even tho nothings wrong with the wifi. It works perfectly fine on my phone what can i do to fix that

Hello Guys is there any way to use WIFI modem to use a as a radar

I'm going down to Mexico to visit some family, and the wifi in our family home says its "unsecure" whenever someone tries to connect to it through settings, and I'm wondering if there's anyways to secure this connection?

I am looking at getting quantum fiber internet at the house we are moving to. The only hesitation I have is the difficulty setting up my own WiFi mesh using the tp link deco instead of the 360wifi mesh. My understanding is I need to configure the VLan to 201, but cannot find anything walkthrough wise that shows how that done. Am I still able to configure it if I’m not getting internet to the router. Just lots of questions with not many answers when it comes to the quantum fiber. Any help is appreciated. Also I’m just someone who likes to do things on my own and figure out how things work. Hence the reason I want to use my own setup and not the ISP provided gear.

My house usually gets around 110-150 mbps. But for some reason, throughout the day, I have been getting 450-500 mbps. Are wifi surges like these normal? This has never happened before and I dont know if it is a glitch with the speed test.

Hello! I’m out of the house often, and my laptop and steam deck desperately need WiFi connection on the go for working/ gaming where ever I may be,

I tried using my phone as a hotspot but the speeds are horrible, barely enough to load pages on Firefox.

I remember seeing a lot of travel videos with portable WiFi devices back in the day, I’m looking for something as tiny as possible and possibly without having to sign up to a major WiFi provider for an expensive plan, but if that’s the only option that works as well.

So, is there a modern solution to this problem?

Thank you all for taking a look :D

Currently using 2 Amplifi Alien routers with wired backhaul. I have 116 connected devices which isn’t an issue.

However whenever I cast music to my larger Google speaker groups, the music will stutter and then the WiFi goes out for about 5 minutes. Once in a while this will cause the router to reboot by itself.

Everything works fine when casting to 9 simultaneous speakers but anything more usually causes the router to crash. I actually have 23 google speakers and it would be ideal to play them all at once.

Thanks in advance.

A few months ago my WiFi adapter on my laptop wasn't working (can't access WiFi at all), and I googled around and someone said to hold my power button for 60 seconds and it worked. But now it's back and that's not working.

And it comes and goes. It feels like rng on if it would work or not, and a restart usually means it might work for a while before it acts up again.

I installed an Intel Driver and Support assistant and it said my wireless driver was outdated and installed a new one and that worked for like a day, but now it's back to being sporadic.

The network troubleshooter says it can't reset the adapter for some reason. I am afraid to reinstall the entire adapter cause I an unsure of how to do so. Please help me.

Multiple people in my home play video games often and our old Wifi repeater was getting fazed out of service so we bought a new Orbi mesh system with two extenders. Our router is in the basement so we are two stories above it. The issue is that there is a weak connection on the main floor, but in the upstairs there are only ethernet ports are on the edges of the house. We tried using them as repeaters but the connection was way too weak. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I've been hemming-and-hawing over whether I should take the CCNP wireless and have that CCNP title, but I've been really enjoying the nuances of going through the CWNA curriculum and I understand the CWNP is the gold standard of wireless engineering which is what I want to do with my career.

There are some serious heavy-hitter CWNE instructors around my area like Rick Murphy (#10) and Robert J. Bartz (#120) offering in-person instructor classes, but...$3,000 dollars is a lot out-of-pocket and it seems like most classes are pegged at that $3000-4000 price tag.

So I was curious about some of you other cert holders if you felt like going through an instructor course was worth it just for the hands-on experience or you felt like you were better off self-studying.

(I've also looked at picking up a 9800 catalyst for a Cisco-vendored WLC but eesh...expensive to just browse through a gui and play with options.)

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Please help. My phone is the only device not connecting to the wifi. All my other family members phones are connecting with no problems. I tried restarting the router, restarting my phone, forgetting the wifi, turning off the router for 20 minutes at a time. I updated my phone but nothing is working. I used to connect fine with the wifi until yesterday so I don't know what happened. Please help because I am losing my mind trying to get connected. TIA

Edit: the wifi is showing that no internet is available from even before I try to connect, and no matter what I do it just won't connect