Wireless Network Coverage

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Im living in a student house which covers 3 floors. The walls are pretty thick, which I think is having a pretty big effect on the wireless signal strength. The router is on the ground floor and some people on the 2nd floor cant get the internet most of the time, even some people on the ground floor cant. What would be the best way to sort this out? Weve got a second router, could we connect that to the 1st one and use it on the second floor? Or would a booster be better?
 
Powerline adapters sound like an ideal fix here if your leccy on each floow is all running on the same ring.

Your remaining options include running cable (most resilient, reliable) or using another wireless device in repeater mode. The latter is only going to be as good at repeating to the 3rd floor as the 2nd floor is as good at getting the signal from the 1st.
 
I would say powerlines would be the easiest solution.

Even a powerline to wireless AP combo if you didnt want to put a powerline in to every room.

Who provides your internet? is it viable to be able to place the router on the middle floor?
 
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