I have verizon fios. Router is at the back of my apartment on the 2nd floor (living room). My bedroom (where the poor signal is) is at the front of the apartment on the first floor.
I spend a good amount of time in the bedroom watching videos and whatnot on my ipad and iphone. Trouble is I often get stuck using LTE due to poor wifi signals. Which then uses up unnecessary data on my mobile plans. Also extremely frustrating trying to watch something while the device toggles back and forth between wifi/LTE. Not a very good viewing experience. So I am trying to figure out the most affordable way to boost my wifi in my bedroom in order to cut down on my mobile data, thus saving me money.
As I have an old router laying around I would think my best option would be to run a ethernet cable from my router down to the old router (and turn it into a WAP). I'm not the most savvy but this as far as I can tell seems to make the most sense financially. As opposed to spending cash on a wifi extender, powerline adapters etc.
The other option would be to try and move the router. However as I rent this is not so simple without an ugly result (as far as I can tell). Since verizon fios uses an ONT, then a coax cable to connect to the router. And the coax runs outside my apartment then comes into the back of the apartment to the router. At which point sits with the rest of all my ugly cables neatly hidden behind my tv and entertainment center. To move my router it would seem I'd have to run coax through my living room to another area. Not a very elegant solution.
Anyway I use about 6gb's mobile data/month. If I drop down to 3gb thats about a $15 a month savings. So being fairly tech savvy (but not necessarily in networking) would it not seem to be the best bang for the buck to buy and ethernet cable and connect my fios router to and old router (WAP) to boost my signal?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks sooooo much!
I spend a good amount of time in the bedroom watching videos and whatnot on my ipad and iphone. Trouble is I often get stuck using LTE due to poor wifi signals. Which then uses up unnecessary data on my mobile plans. Also extremely frustrating trying to watch something while the device toggles back and forth between wifi/LTE. Not a very good viewing experience. So I am trying to figure out the most affordable way to boost my wifi in my bedroom in order to cut down on my mobile data, thus saving me money.
As I have an old router laying around I would think my best option would be to run a ethernet cable from my router down to the old router (and turn it into a WAP). I'm not the most savvy but this as far as I can tell seems to make the most sense financially. As opposed to spending cash on a wifi extender, powerline adapters etc.
The other option would be to try and move the router. However as I rent this is not so simple without an ugly result (as far as I can tell). Since verizon fios uses an ONT, then a coax cable to connect to the router. And the coax runs outside my apartment then comes into the back of the apartment to the router. At which point sits with the rest of all my ugly cables neatly hidden behind my tv and entertainment center. To move my router it would seem I'd have to run coax through my living room to another area. Not a very elegant solution.
Anyway I use about 6gb's mobile data/month. If I drop down to 3gb thats about a $15 a month savings. So being fairly tech savvy (but not necessarily in networking) would it not seem to be the best bang for the buck to buy and ethernet cable and connect my fios router to and old router (WAP) to boost my signal?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks sooooo much!