Router upgrade

[Subliminal Aura]

What you can do is fire up a virtual machine of Kali Linux and use one of the WiFi scanning tools (such as Wifite2) to show access points, channels, signal strength and so on from where the laptop is and then walk around to see what changes make to the wifi coverage.

Make a change to the AP location and then note the change in signal strength.

It’s not perfect and there are better tools out there but they cost a lot of money and Kali is free.

There are some good principles to follow though, put the AP up high, don’t put it near a microwave, don’t put it next to a ton of metal or between thick walls and expect the signal to be good.

WiFi signal is very very inefficient and adds a ton over latency when compared to LAN cable connections.

Yeah, been through all this - I run openwrt on the APs (well single AP now)
The problem all started when my son got an s25 ultra as it would keep roaming to the router downstairs so I'm thinking of getting a unifi AP - either the u7 pro XG or the E7

 

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Yeah I think we need a WiFi guru guide, it's a flipping dark art

I was drawn to you post as I was surprised that a single u6 pro can cover a house, having said that I busted one of my two APs and surprisingly now a single AP more centrally placed is working better than the pair as a mesh

My experience of wireless and the number of variables is that trial and error is usually the only way to test the theory.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

My experience of wireless and the number of variables is that trial and error is usually the only way to test the theory.

Indeed it is
The frustration can lead us to throwing money at the problem only to find that the £££s spent just lead to disappointing gains if any at all

Just reporting back that I managed to debrick the AP that I broke and with the new placement I have wireless roaming on 5ghz throughout the house. Everywhere gets a minimum of 300, mostly averaging 500mbps and I even enabled 160mhz for the AP upstairs yielding 800mbps

The thing ithat gets me is the price of WiFi aps and mesh systems.... Seriously they're like £500 to a grand for wifi7 and for what exactly ? It's all cheap electronics that is no different to what I currently have - it makes my blood boil

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Whilst I'm here... I discovered the app WiFiman, it's not just for unifi kit but works for any WiFi network

Definitely helped me a ton

 

[ChrisD.]

The thing ithat gets me is the price of WiFi aps and mesh systems.... Seriously they're like £500 to a grand for wifi7 and for what exactly ? It's all cheap electronics that is no different to what I currently have - it makes my blood boil

Where are you looking? UniFi U-7 Lite is under £100 and the app is free. Or the U7-Pro with 6 GHz is £168.