WiFi router advice

dayloon · 23 Mar 2020 at 20:08

Hi,

I had a superhub 3 installed a short while ago and its really struggling with my thick walls and floors (live in an old house). I've got a virgin booster but to be honest that makes little difference.

Can anyone recommend a router which can cope with thick walls & floors?

Cheers

Beans on toast Dave · 23 Mar 2020 at 20:24

the wifi on the superhub is pants, i turned my wifi off and added a mesh system to it, soooo much better

Avalon · 23 Mar 2020 at 22:18

Stop and consider what you've told us, thick walls and floors, no router can legally exceed the power limits imposed and you can't alter the physical construction of the house, so going with another AIO device that's likely in a less than optimal location is not the answer here. Instead consider running feeds and fitting AP's, it'll give you the coverage you want, clearly mesh is a bad idea for the same reasons wifi doesn't work well.

sja360 · 29 Mar 2020 at 00:25

I've ran a cable from the virgin hub 3 to a bt smart hub (hh6) works well at boosting WiFi throughout the house. I've only got two floors however.