Sorry - WiFi problems

Mesh. My tenda system works well, so well I don't use the nodes that often 😂.

Yeah, probably a mesh system will be the best solution. I got a TP-Link deco S4 system from Amazon for £100 due to having flaky wi-fi in the extremes of the house & especially the garage when zwifting.

It's been solid as a rock since I put it in and only took about 10 mins to set-up.

mesh. its prime day in ~2 weeks time, there'll be loads cheap then. I've got the bt system, so does my mum (who set it up, on her own, despite being in her 70s..). Works with any provider, if your village is likely to have crap broadband forever you don't need a triband system. You can typically get the bt "mini" systems for £25/disk. like this..

https://shop.bt.com/products/bt-refurbished-mini-whole-home-wi-fi-2-disc-104824-refurb-G5ZK.html

For the simplest solution, just get another powerline booster thing and stick it in his room?

if your village is likely to have crap broadband forever

After years of bad Internet, both the parents and our villages are getting FTTP. Is there a push now to get it done?

They're actually putting telegraph poles up where we are, fibre will be above ground. It's been strung along the telephone wires at my folks too. Started to get adverts through the door for packages.

Sorry,I have nothing helpful to add,but evertime I see WiFi mentioned on STW.....
I think of this
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Trade in son for less moany model...

Suggest to moany son that he goes to local library for better connectivity; no bus service? Parents too busy to operate taxi service? How unfortunate.
Ignore.

Our village doesn’t have great broadband

Yet

Most of the rooms upstairs get 25-35Mbps

In my book, that's great broadband. We survive here on 10Mpbs, with two of us working from home full time.

Anyway, to distribute the broadband you are getting better, go mesh as others have said.

After years of less than 2mb 'broadband', today is the day that our rural fttp gets plugged in. 512mb here we come!

All about the upload speed innit. Young folk are constantly posting sh!te on social media and it can crush your connection, very noticeable when ours come home.

But standard answer for general surfing duties is get a mesh.

Mesh is the answer, our TP deco is significantly better than the tenda m something or other it replaced. Now the wifi goes throughout our victorian house, up the garden and most of the way to the bus stop down the road. more importantly no complaints from wife or kids

Move the power line adapter closer to his room?

If it’s an old house could it be ghosts absorbing the EM waves in an effort to manifest?😏

Isn’t it the son that is meant to come back from uni and solve all your tech problems 😂

Give him a budget and tell him to sort it. If he fails send him to the school of YouTube.

General, related, question - is it possible to combine Powerline and Mesh? We have five(!) TP-Link Decos provide mesh across our house and annex, but, thanks to combination of old house, massive stone walls and few plug sockets to plug the things into, the distribution isn't ideal. It works okay, but can be a bit flakey out in the annexe where we work.

The main unit is in the lounge, with others in dining room, garage, utility (annexe) and office (annexe). The way the mesh has optimised itself is for the dining room one to connect to the main one, but it's a pretty weak signal thanks to aforesaid walls, then all the rest daisy-chain off the dining room one. All the connections from dining room onwards are pretty strong. There's no real scope for moving where the units are, especially the main one.

So, my thought is to powerline the main one to the one in the dining room, in order to remove the weak link in the chain. Can I do this with a 'standard' powerline adaptor?

The main unit is in the lounge, with others in dining room, garage, utility (annexe) and office (annexe). The way the mesh has optimised itself is for the dining room one to connect to the main one, but it’s a pretty weak signal thanks to aforesaid walls, then all the rest daisy-chain off the dining room one. All the connections from dining room onwards are pretty strong. There’s no real scope for moving where the units are, especially the main one.

So, my thought is to powerline the main one to the one in the dining room, in order to remove the weak link in the chain. Can I do this with a ‘standard’ powerline adaptor?

Maybe, most likely, depends on the specific model.

Buy the powerline from Amazon & if No works send it back.

So, my thought is to powerline the main one to the one in the dining room, in order to remove the weak link in the chain. Can I do this with a ‘standard’ powerline adaptor?

Effectively you'd move the main one into the dining room via powerline. It'll probably work, though I've never had great results from powerline networking.

for wifi - mesh. I bought cheap Tenda that works, but dont expect ANY support.

for wife issues... I am no expert there, just find one that is super bright, so you dont get away with anything AND outstrips your earnings capabilities 🙂

I use a mesh system with 3 of the 4 nodes connected via powerlines. Just depends on your mains wiring whether it will be better backhauling via powerline or wireless.

Maybe, most likely, depends on the specific model.

Any powerline will support hardwiring a mesh node (as far as the mesh is concerned it’s just an Ethernet cable between the two). Not convincing all mesh systems support hardwired backhaul though so think that’s what you’d need to check.

I use an ASUS MESH system with wired backhaul. Zen XD6 dual band. Works better than the several other systems I’ve tried.

I expect that the wired backhaul could be supported by power line connections with minimal problems if the power line devices are wired to their nearby MESH friends.

Not convincing all mesh systems support hardwired backhaul though so think that’s what you’d need to check.

If it helps, Draytek mesh does.