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[So I searched but couldn't find a specific case like mine....]
I live in a pretty large newish build house. Downstairs is one massive room, upstairs there are 4 bedrooms. Internal walls are mostly plasterboard but there's a solid chimney stack running up the middle. I suspect there's a lot of insulation in the walls. "Broadband" comes in via a Three 4G modem (it's the only viable option) in an upstairs room with the computers in. We have Alexa all over the house and watch TV on streaming via a Firestick.
WiFi throughout the house is patchy. Firestick often lags but I can watch the same thing OK on the Mac.
I put 2 hardwired plug socket + wifi extenders in and it improved the telly but everything else was worse. Laptop that works anywhere didn't work downstairs. Mac and PC kept falling off the net etc. Echo dot plugged right into the booster socket kept failing to contact internet. Took out the extenders.
What should I replace them with? I want something that works, isn't too ugly and doesn't cost over the odds (kind of in that order - I'll pay for something that works - I'll pay more if it looks good). I want to get it right this time - what should I buy that will definitely work?
(BTW can't use powerline - Firestick is wifi only)
I live in a pretty large newish build house. Downstairs is one massive room, upstairs there are 4 bedrooms. Internal walls are mostly plasterboard but there's a solid chimney stack running up the middle. I suspect there's a lot of insulation in the walls. "Broadband" comes in via a Three 4G modem (it's the only viable option) in an upstairs room with the computers in. We have Alexa all over the house and watch TV on streaming via a Firestick.
WiFi throughout the house is patchy. Firestick often lags but I can watch the same thing OK on the Mac.
I put 2 hardwired plug socket + wifi extenders in and it improved the telly but everything else was worse. Laptop that works anywhere didn't work downstairs. Mac and PC kept falling off the net etc. Echo dot plugged right into the booster socket kept failing to contact internet. Took out the extenders.
What should I replace them with? I want something that works, isn't too ugly and doesn't cost over the odds (kind of in that order - I'll pay for something that works - I'll pay more if it looks good). I want to get it right this time - what should I buy that will definitely work?
(BTW can't use powerline - Firestick is wifi only)