Improving my wireless local network

[tdsmithj]

Currently I have a SKY Q 2 Router and a TP-LINK 450 extender. My router has two separate bands for 2.4ghz and 5ghz which connects to the extender which also sends out 2.4 and 5ghz with the EXT naming convention.
The problem I am having that I think the 5ghz band keeps dropping from the extender probably due to distance from the modem router (the app says it is in the perfect distance). Once the connection drops or the extender plays up, it has trouble connecting back up to the router. This means that pretty much every night I need to reboot my extender just to get my google home mini and other smart appliances to work upstairs.

I do have a lot of wireless applications connected to the router and extender. xbox, pc, google mini's, google tv etc.

Ideally I would want the one router which has the wifi 5ghz or event 6ghz band to cover the whole house because the whole thing is becoming a bit of a pain.

Any help would be great.

 

[tdsmithj]

Hi, i will look at the mesh. I wanted to avoid due to costs but looking at this one seems quite a lot cheaper than the rest.

 

[tdsmithj]

Stop and think about this. You have a router that broadcasts at the maximum permissible power level, but it’s inadequate so you have had to use an extender. You now want to replace the router and extender with another router, that can still only broadcast at the same power level and expect it to do a job that two devices couldn’t? Wifi6 has even worse penetration than 5Ghz.

If it can be cabled, it should be cabled. If you have to run wireless, run a cable to an AP that is centrally located on the top floor (landings generally), this is generally going to give you the best coverage. From here, things generally get worse in terms of performance, wired mesh where you run a cable to each node and use a wired backhaul, followed by wireless mesh with dedicated radio backhaul, then you have wireless mesh with shared radio which is just technically horrible.

Hi, cable is not a solution sorry. I was thinking of just getting a better performing 5ghz router and get rid of the extender. The distance between the router and the extender is around 6 metres. I am assuming it is the 5ghz dropping because my google home mini's used to stutter when my 5ghz and 2.4ghz used to share the same network name. I think Mesh is the way to go. Each base would be around 5 metres apart (pack of 3). May be a bit overkill for the size of the house (uk). But at least I will have full coverage and get rid of the extender.