Bobitza
Occasional Visitor
Hi,
I'm looking for advice for a good wi-fi setup for my condo; here's the location and devices involved.
Location (~1,200 sf):
Devices:
- 1 (R) router is cable connected to a modem as well as a Iomega DLNA server and a portable external HDD. The two act as the NAS for the rest of the devices (pictures, movies, etc.)
- 3 (TV) android boxes (with Kodi) connected to the TVs we have
- 1 (PC) desktop
- 2 (L) laptops; one is used for work and it has a "fixed" location (red) and the other is mostly used in the master bedroom (yellow)
- 2 (T) tablets that are of course mobile but I placed in yellow the location where they are used most of the time
- 1 (X) xbox game console
- 3 phones (not shown in the picture)
Notes:
- All devices can operate on 2.4 and 5 (except 2 of the android TV)
- I do not want to run wires
- The condo is in a big building so there is a "soup" of signals around me
Priorities:
1. The PC must have a good connection to the Internet as well good transfer rates to the NAS
2. The TV boxes must be able to stream at least 720p from the NAS or Internet (sometimes 2 of them at the same time)
3. I would like to have just 1 SSID
4. I would like the X-box to have a good Internet connection
5. I would like the costs to be under $400
I currently run a mix and match combination of a router (Archer C8) with powerline adapters on PC and android TV and a range extender with a second SSID and the laptops, xbox, tablets and phones on wi-fi. I think it's not optimal and it shows.
I'm looking for advice for a good wi-fi setup for my condo; here's the location and devices involved.
Location (~1,200 sf):
Devices:
- 1 (R) router is cable connected to a modem as well as a Iomega DLNA server and a portable external HDD. The two act as the NAS for the rest of the devices (pictures, movies, etc.)
- 3 (TV) android boxes (with Kodi) connected to the TVs we have
- 1 (PC) desktop
- 2 (L) laptops; one is used for work and it has a "fixed" location (red) and the other is mostly used in the master bedroom (yellow)
- 2 (T) tablets that are of course mobile but I placed in yellow the location where they are used most of the time
- 1 (X) xbox game console
- 3 phones (not shown in the picture)
Notes:
- All devices can operate on 2.4 and 5 (except 2 of the android TV)
- I do not want to run wires
- The condo is in a big building so there is a "soup" of signals around me
Priorities:
1. The PC must have a good connection to the Internet as well good transfer rates to the NAS
2. The TV boxes must be able to stream at least 720p from the NAS or Internet (sometimes 2 of them at the same time)
3. I would like to have just 1 SSID
4. I would like the X-box to have a good Internet connection
5. I would like the costs to be under $400
I currently run a mix and match combination of a router (Archer C8) with powerline adapters on PC and android TV and a range extender with a second SSID and the laptops, xbox, tablets and phones on wi-fi. I think it's not optimal and it shows.