Need a fitting networking solution for my house

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Hello everyone! Thanks for taking some time to help me out :p.

So, I live in a "kinda large" house in Belgium (Estimated 15x10 meter area, two stories). My router is located in the one corner of my house, downstairs (I cannot move this one, the phone/internet cable connects there). The issue is that I need a decent connection upstairs, in the opposite corner of the house. My wifi just doesn't reach that far. I've got a 70Mbs wifi connection downstairs, and a 160Mbs cable connection. Upstairs (in the room I need it) I've got a 1-2Mbs wifi connection in the one corner of the room, and in the other corner I've got none. No cable there either (house was built around 1980, which might seem old, but isn't that old here in Belgium ;)).

So, I've got 2 options, wireless or wired.
I'd like it wireless, since I need to start drilling if I want to do it wired. I'm fine with any 100Mbs connection, but I don't know if I can have a stable 100Mbs wireless connection in this house (if I do it wireless, I'd like a nice connection everywhere in the house).
I've been looking in to Amplifi, which seemed like a fitting solution. Unfortunately I discovered they don't ship to Europe :/.

Price isn't really an issue, and I'm fine with using repeaters and such, answer if you've got an idea!
Thanks!
 
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Repeaters suck because they have a single radio, this means they have to communicate with router, stop, communicate with client, stop communicate with router. Thus your bandwidth is literally cut in half.

So what you need to do is have your router and what is called an access point.
An access point takes a wired connection in, and then reboradcasts wifi. You can turn any router into an access point by setting its IP to be an address in the same subnet (so if your router is 192.168.10.1 set the AP to be 192.168.10.2), having DHCP disabled and plugging the cable from primary router into a LAN port and not WAN port.
If you do not wish to run an Ethernet cable then the next best thing is a powerline network adapter, for your speeds I...
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Repeaters suck because they have a single radio, this means they have to communicate with router, stop, communicate with client, stop communicate with router. Thus your bandwidth is literally cut in half.

So what you need to do is have your router and what is called an access point.
An access point takes a wired connection in, and then reboradcasts wifi. You can turn any router into an access point by setting its IP to be an address in the same subnet (so if your router is 192.168.10.1 set the AP to be 192.168.10.2), having DHCP disabled and plugging the cable from primary router into a LAN port and not WAN port.
If you do not wish to run an Ethernet cable then the next best thing is a powerline network adapter, for your speeds I would suggest at least an av600 if not not av1000 or av1200 type adapter. TP-Link is a good brand for this, have not tried Netgear, would not advise d-link or ZyXel.

Also, if your router is the modem/router combo the ISP gave you it is likely not very powerfull anyways.

If it was me and was not against spending some money I would get an ASUS AC68U (or R or W or P) for primary router, and either a TP-Link Archer C7 or TP-link WDR-3600 for the access point. The archer is wireless AC and the 3600 is wireless N.

ADDED: both TP-Link models I believe has a quick setting to actually turn them into an Access Point.
 
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I've tried a powerline adapter a friend of mine was using, just to check how well it would work in my house. I barely got a 1Mbs speed. It was a pretty cheap powerline adapter though, but the package said it was supposed to handle speeds up to 60Mbs. Shoud I try getting a better powerline adater?
 
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And, say I only use that better router, would I still have a decent connection upstairs (Network speed and ping considered)? The one I got at the moment is the one my provider provided to me.
 
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If you could extend your cables and put it in the center of the house your MIGHT have enough signal. At your current location at one end of the house, no router can do that. Remember, WiFi is not a 1 way connection like FM radio, your limited to the output of the weakest device, in this case your laptops and cellphones.

Powerline Adapters are prone to interference.
If you plugged the outlet to a surge protector, power strip or anything but direct to the wall that will degrade the signal
Also, 1st generation models were very flakey once they had to go across phases in your home wiring. The newer 2nd generation models are much much better; so if you tried a 1st gen then the 2nd gen models would likely perform much much better.

Hardwired Ethernet is best though, and always reliable.
 
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Thank you very much, I needed some advice. [strike]Maybe one last question, can you explain (or link to an article) that one way wifi thing? I don't really get it...[/strike] Again, thank you!

Selected your answer as the solution, enjoy your badges :p

EDIT: Didn't quite understand what you meant with the whole "one way" thing, my bad, I understand it now ahah
 
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