WiFi Signal Strength

victor2

I bought an Asus router a few years ago because the WiFi performance of my Virgin hub was very poor. I picked one with mesh capability so that I could go to that if necessary. Also purchased it from Amazon (fulfilled by Amazon) so that I could return it at no extra cost if it didn't work out.
It was such an improvement that I didn't even need buy an extra one to use the mesh system. Solved my problem and is still running fine.
I'm in a 1970's house though, so don't have the OP's issue with solid thick walls.

Newcad

Any of the solutions suggested should work,

Just my experience: I had a similiar issue with very thick (3ft thick) stone walls at my last property. Originally built in 1604 mainly with stone from a medieval castle but some river stone as well.

As a cheapish solution I got one of these - a similar Netgear but not quite the same model as this, it was a couple of years ago*.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8145431?clickSR=slp:term:wifi extender:9:8:1

Plugged it into a power socket on the other side of the wall to the router, connectrd it to the router over wifi, and all was then well.

It might take you a few tries to find the best socket to use, an extender needs a 'decent' signal from the router that it can strengthen and then broadcast onwards. So it should be plugged in somewhere about half way (wifi strength wise) between your router and your device.

Note that using an extender is not going to give the same wifi speed/capacity as the original router.
That's simpy because it now has an extra link to pass through between the router and your device.
But most peoples home wifi is able to cope with that.

*That extender still works fine, but I don't need in my current property.