Hi Gurus,
Newbie here. im currently out of contract and just did a relocation with M1 on 500 mbps . just surfing net or streaming movies, about 4 of us and happy with M1.
I would like to recontract with m1 soon with the same plan. my router at living room end EA8300 and dead zones and bad connection and slow speed occur when i close the doors or move to the end of the room in X. I attach my floor plan , est 1300-1400 with 3 bed rooms. My walls might be specially thick as its a old place hence once door are closed, DC and very low speed can occur.
Any suggestions of a easy set up as wireless with good equipment/product customer support too. Thank you.
So there is no LAN ports in the rooms, right? What is your budegt?
The placement of the main router is also important. It is better to have the main wireless router in the central location if possible. The current placement is rather poor. If possible, try to relocate it near to the Master room, so that at least you will have good WiFi in the master room.
It will be good to watch the few videos mentioned in the first post of the pinned thread of this forum section to know more about the ABCs of Home Networking.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/understanding-the-abcs-of-home-networking.6653421/
There is a link to the following discussion in the above pinned thread, for those who do not have LAN ports in the rooms.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...flats-without-lan-ports-in-the-rooms.6646066/
Copy from the above post (partial copy).
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What about older HDB flats without LAN ports in the rooms?
Summary
1) All in all, the best is still to lay out Ethernet cables to the rooms (living room and the bed rooms). It may not be necessary to have LAN ports in every room, rather selected location may be good enough.
2) For some older flats, the ONT is in a relatively central location and they may be served by just one powerful wireless router if the expectation is not too high. This is especially true with powerful wireless router like Asus RT-AX86U Pro, GT-AX6000, GT-AX11000 Pro, etc.
3) Using Moca adapters are another good option if Cable infrastructure is available at home.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/moca-network-setup-ethernet-over-tv-cable.5675388/
4) If the above two are not an option, then triband mesh solution can be a good one. Usually two pack or three pack will be good enough for the flat. Triband AX routers are still pretty expensive too, eg, Netgear Orbi RBK752/753, RBK852/853, Asus Zenwifi XT8 and Linksys Velop MX4200. Cheap option includes TP-Link Deco X68 and X75.
Dual band mesh solution may be used if the placement of the second node (and/or the 3rd node) can be accommodated.
No matter it is triband or dual band mesh solution, the mesh node needs to have good connection to the main node. The best is to have line of sight. If not, at most one wall in between.
More info about mesh router selection.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/how-to-choose-a-mesh-router.6452151/
