if it works before it should work now. the extender makes no sense.

it's almost never a good idea.

i might be maxing out the old router

is what i'm worried about

no way.

because if the theoretical limit is 80 let's say

if i had 30 before i would have no way to know that 80 was the limit

didn't you say you get "great speeds" with your phone

doesn't that kill that theory right there

yes but the phone is connected to the downstairs router

routers can push many hundreds of megabit.

even the cheapest crap broadcom mips chips

basically i fucking hate networking

that doesn't change your problem

wait are you running two different SSIDs or just one

with both routers

and are you setting them both to auto-channel

i think you're not being methodical and organized so you're trying random shit and being frustrated

which happens

i've been there

we then try to wave a magic wallet wand to make the problem go away but it won't

(well, if you upgrade to 802.11ac, maybbe)

i recently upgraded to a powerline adapter

works gr8 m8

i'm on 802.11n for half of my house

or or

use a MoCA bridge

they're cheap

i've solved my own wifi problem by throwing the wallet wand at it

but the rest of my family get shit speeds and i'm the designated tech monkey so i need to fix it

i think i'll try an extender and if it doesn't work i'll be methodical

delet them

leave your family

like i can't be fucked to actually care about their complaints

and your mom doesn't want you to drill holes so no ethernet

pfft.

drywall is meant to be drilled through

anyway you need to distribute your spectrum

use channels 1,6 and 11 effectively

it's an old house and where the holes would have to be drilled is literally infested with bees

WALL HONEY