I’m familiar with the absolute basics of networking, but very little surrounding wifi.

I’m current using the modem-router-AP provided by my ISP, along with a couple repeaters. This isn’t working well, and in areas of my house further away from my main AP, packet loss is often around 20% - near unusable. How should I improve this?

I can run some wires (within reason), and have multiple spare routers-APs to work with. I can also buy something new off the shelf if needed, but don’t want to spend more than I have to. What would be the approach I should use? Like, is there a particular type of extender I should be using, or can I use multiple routers as a mesh or something?

  • ShimitarAEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    I installed openwrt capable APs on each floor of my house (three) because sognal wouldn’t travel well between those.

    OpenWRT because you want something that let you roam between APs (fast transitioning) without your device to disconnect and reconnect between APs.

    Also disable dhcp, flatten the network and link each ap with an Ethernet cable.

    More details here https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=networking%3Awifiplanning