Hi guys, looking for a little advice. Currently I've got an old Netgear DGN3700v2 in the office with a powerline to a switch in the living room, (some netgear gigabit one), but often when watching Amazon/Disney+ (weirdly, Netflix seems to have no problems) on the TV (LG OLED C7V) the Internet on the powerline drops out, and I have to switch over to the wi-fi.
However the wireless signal is pretty poor, and we struggle to get a good signal over most of the house.
Its not an old house (around 2000 built), and there's very little brick internally.
The router is in the corner of the study by the downstairs toilet, but struggles by the edge of the conservatory, and bedroom 3 is pretty dead too.
Now, do people think spending money on a new router would get a decent signal out around the house for me to sack off the powerline in the living room, or would I be better getting a Mesh solution? (We're only on around 80Down/20Up with Plusnet)
Primarily its for streaming up to 4k/Dolby Vision content, but it'd be nice to be able to follow the 2 year old out into the garden on Facetime with the Grandparents...
I'm not brave enough to drop ethernet around the house just yet, but could be tempted at some point in the future.
I've been eyeing up something like the Deco S4, or even could be tempted to the BT Whole Home stuff, but I feel like it wouldn't really be worth the extra cash. However I wonder if just getting a more up-to-date router would be more forward thinking.
I'm not a fan of a wifi-extender, since I've seen a world of nuisance with my dad's setups over the years.
However the wireless signal is pretty poor, and we struggle to get a good signal over most of the house.
Its not an old house (around 2000 built), and there's very little brick internally.
The router is in the corner of the study by the downstairs toilet, but struggles by the edge of the conservatory, and bedroom 3 is pretty dead too.
Now, do people think spending money on a new router would get a decent signal out around the house for me to sack off the powerline in the living room, or would I be better getting a Mesh solution? (We're only on around 80Down/20Up with Plusnet)
Primarily its for streaming up to 4k/Dolby Vision content, but it'd be nice to be able to follow the 2 year old out into the garden on Facetime with the Grandparents...
I'm not brave enough to drop ethernet around the house just yet, but could be tempted at some point in the future.
I've been eyeing up something like the Deco S4, or even could be tempted to the BT Whole Home stuff, but I feel like it wouldn't really be worth the extra cash. However I wonder if just getting a more up-to-date router would be more forward thinking.
I'm not a fan of a wifi-extender, since I've seen a world of nuisance with my dad's setups over the years.