So I live in a dumb house, built decades before LANs, the internet, and Wifi. Last year I got fiber optic internet, with the megaspeed, 1,000 Mbps, blah, blah, blah. It works great (though nowhere near 1,000 Mbps...but I'm told that's mostly device limited), but because of the router placement, it doesn't reach very well across the entire house...upstairs, downstairs, outside on the patio, etc. I have tried a mesh network, which works great when connected, but it will not stay connected. It drops the connection after about 30 minutes. Every time. I've spent hours on the phone with Linksys, and they've been very patient and tried to be helpful, but it just doesn't work. I'm considering an "old fashioned" wifi extender, or installing LAN ports in various places. I don't really want to do the latter, though powerline adapters may skin that cat. Do range extenders or boosters or whatever do the job? Are they reliable? I realize you can get anyone's opinion on anything from Yahoo, but for some odd reason, I trust you yahoos' judgement more.
Thoughts? Complaints?