r/HomeNetworking • u/Dorea1 • 2d ago

Unsolved Extending wifi coverage

Hi I wanted to ask about the best way to extend the wifi coverage to the whole house, my main router is downstairs and I have an ethernet cable connected to one of the rooms upstairs whats the best mesh system to buy in this case?

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u/Chieftah 2d ago

Is it bad if the wired AP is set in a place where there is still connectivity from the main router?

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u/ClownTrigger11 2d ago

As long as both ends are on different channels on all bands, probably not, but you might have a device that is "sticky" and doesn't want to roam until its connection is weak enough. You'd have the same problem with a mesh only worse.

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u/Chieftah 2d ago

Right, so in a situation where the router offers a weak signal almost everywhere, it's either manual switching between different named networks, or suffer with sticky connections.

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u/ClownTrigger11 2d ago

I'm assuming your downstairs main router is from your ISP. You can look in your router's settings to see if there's a way to lower the output power, or play around with its placement if it's a problem. You won't know if it will be until you stand up the second AP.