Reddit reviews TP-Link AC1750 Wifi Extender, PCMag Editor's Choice, Up to 1750Mbps, Dual Band Wifi Range Extender, Internet Booster, Access Point, Extend Wifi Signal to Smart Home & Alexa Devices (RE450)

Plug this in on the 2nd floor - https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-Intelligent-Indicator-RE450/dp/B010S6SG3S

5ghz doesn't penetrate walls or other solid objects very well. A well-placed range extender could solve your bedroom problem. Er... Well, the problem you described. Low frequencies penetrate better--similar to sound. When someone is playing annoying music two houses down, it's usually the bass thump that reaches you.

I have a relatively expensive TP-Link RE450 and cheap TP-Link WA801ND and they both work very well for me. If you don't need 802.11ac, I'd go with a $25 802.11n extender.

Radio waves reflect, refract, and diffract like visible light. The locations of strong & weak signals are often surprising. Use an app that reports signal strength and find a spot with a good signal between your router & bedroom. Put a repeater there. Even after making a heat map of our house, I found that in practice I had to do a bit of trial & error to find the best spot.

Both your existing router and your Roku Stick+ support "AC" wifi. So make sure the extender you get does as well. Somethink like this one.

Buy 50 of these and sneakily plug them into all the houses along the way between you and your friend

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010S6SG3S/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010S6SG3S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


This one works great for me.

its a tplink ac extender:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010S6SG3S/

Having used it in the past I had to reset it often for sure.

You bring up a good point, if I run a wire from the bridge to the extender in the garage, I could run it to the back of the house, over ethernet wired to an outlet and expand my network.

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Thanks for the reply!
Here's the extender I have : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010S6SG3S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_f.IQCbX14EK54

And here's the router downstairs :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0168G0KZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_qaJQCbXZ20WZN

I'm starting to think that I maybe in the wrong subreddit..

Please advise

I looked into getting that, but I don't really like the idea of plugging it directly into the outlet, I like being able to put the bridge anywhere (specific on my desk or my counter). I'd have to use an extension cable since the only usable outlet in my room is under my desk and would cause interference.

That being said, the TP-Link AC1750 RE450 is really good if you can put it where it wouldn't have interference and it's a pretty good range extender too.

Something like this?

My cousin's house is fairly large and needed to get a wifi extender. He ended up getting a mesh wifi setup. It's somewhat pricey, but gets the job done. If you want something cheaper, any repeater would work out, but seeing how well his mesh wifi works, I would recommend that, depending how big your house is. For reference, its in a two story/4br house. He has two stations downstairs and one upstairs. He said the setup came with 3 stations. Not sure which make/model it was though. If you want just an extender, you can try this out:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-Intelligent-Indicator-RE450/dp/B010S6SG3S

You could probably get away with a sub $100 extender like the TP Link AC1750 (https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-Gigabit-Ethernet-RE450/dp/B010S6SG3S) but if you want to guarantee the job is done, go slightly overboard an Athena-EX. (https://www.amazon.com/Amped-Wireless-ATHENA-EX-Extender-RE2600M/dp/B01DJ9Z8EQ).

Unless you're gaming you probably won't notice a lag.

You do have a point though, I don't need mesh, I liked the idea of it but if I got one of these and one of these I would essentially be doing the same thing I was with the AirPort Extreme/Express but with faster hardware and signals right?

If I were you I'd look into something like this. There are tons of similar devices, this one just stood out to me because I like TP-Link. Place it on the second floor right above your router. Should help get better 5ghz signal to the upper floor.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010S6SG3S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_aj9IDbNCZ6X2N

The shotgun solution to this is to buy a Wifi repeater. I've had good experience with the N300 and the AC1750. Plug it in close to where you need the Wifi access and configure it with your laptop to connect to your access point (AP). Right now, I am using the AC1750 to connect my desktop computer to an AP that is on the other side of my house.

The 2.4 Ghz range penetrates better through walls than the the 5 Ghz range but when you have a strong signal, the 5 Ghz range is usually faster (depending on equipment).

What router do you have in the living room? A decent router should cover a avg size house. I upgraded my old wrt54g and I even have wifi outside. You can either buy a new router depending on what you have now. You can also run a ethernet cable to the next floor and connect it an extra router as an access point. You can buy a range extender like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010S6SG3S/?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=WC17848. or the most expensive option would be google wifi.