Hello I hope this is a good place to ask if not can you point me where I need to go lol. Also im knew to a lot of this and trying to learn so bare with me if i say something dumb. Ive been doing hours of research but I figured I come to a wider source for opinions or answers. I’m currently have xfinity gigabit wifi but I’m struggling to get 50 -100Mbps in some places of my house. It’s a very old house 100+ years and it isn’t completely modernized yet but my wife and I are trying. So my questions are, are there any wifi extenders you would recommend? Or a different item you would recommend. I had xfinity over this week to replace my gateway they provide as it I was against a wall on the farthest most part of my house. They also replaced the gateway with there most updated version. Were trying to add a security system and some smart stuff around the house is why I’m asking.
Go with something like an orbi that lets you put multiple satellites around the house. Or if you’re tech savvy go with a ubiquiti setup
If it is an older house, it may not be too difficult to run Ethernet cable either below the floor or above the ceiling to a more central location. Then you could either 1) add a more capable wifi router (and turn off the Xfinity wifi), or 2) add another access point at the new location to provide a better wifi coverage.
Very old homes, sometimes have lots of plaster in the walls and that is problematic for wifi penetration.
First: Get that piece of shit gateway out of your house and get an actual legit Wi-Fi system. Second: Get a mesh Wi-Fi system! Third: Get a separate modem. This is optional, but getting a mesh Wi-Fi system is not unless you want to have to constantly worry about having to reboot your router. If you really want to stay with Xfinity products, look at their XFy pods.
A lot of this will depend on who is going to maintain this. Because there is cheap, fast and easy, but you can only pick two… I will tell you that what you have no is the cheapest crap they think they can get away with. The best way to do this is with a cable modem alone, a solid router with no WiFi, and WiFi access points wired throughout your house. But this is also more complex to manage. The easy way is an Orbi like system where you get an ecosystem based on mesh networking. This will slow you down, add latency, and can be a bear to troubleshoot when something goes wrong.
But the question is what are you willing and able to do?