I work from home. And internet is provided by my employer. So, my modem HAS TO BE in my office, which is in the corner of my home.
I currently use an ASUS RT-AC56U Router at that point in my office. It used to work fine.
Now, my household has 4 smartphones, an XBOX One in the middle of the house, and a roku in one far corner, and 2 laptops in the other far corner, that often try to stream shows/movies.
I put a TP-LINK AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE200) in the middle of the house, and it seems to work for some stuff.
But, at night, when the teenagers are watching their laptops, my roku bogs down.
I know that, ideally, I should have my router in the center of the house. But, as I said, I HAVE TO have the modem in my office.
I would like to have the XBOX have a direct wired connection... and I am thinking about running a 100ft cable from my office to the living room. But that wont help with the Roku at the opposite end.
MY QUESTION: Should I get a 2nd router, put it in the living room, and hard wire that to the gigabit port in the router in my office? If so, how do I do that? I don't think I would need a high end router.. my home is only 60ft by 30ft. Maybe a TP-Link Archer C7? Any advice?
I currently use an ASUS RT-AC56U Router at that point in my office. It used to work fine.
Now, my household has 4 smartphones, an XBOX One in the middle of the house, and a roku in one far corner, and 2 laptops in the other far corner, that often try to stream shows/movies.
I put a TP-LINK AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE200) in the middle of the house, and it seems to work for some stuff.
But, at night, when the teenagers are watching their laptops, my roku bogs down.
I know that, ideally, I should have my router in the center of the house. But, as I said, I HAVE TO have the modem in my office.
I would like to have the XBOX have a direct wired connection... and I am thinking about running a 100ft cable from my office to the living room. But that wont help with the Roku at the opposite end.
MY QUESTION: Should I get a 2nd router, put it in the living room, and hard wire that to the gigabit port in the router in my office? If so, how do I do that? I don't think I would need a high end router.. my home is only 60ft by 30ft. Maybe a TP-Link Archer C7? Any advice?
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