Seem like quite knowledgeable people on this forum, so I'll ask my question here. I'm the "computer" guy in my family, so I'm on the task of finding a router for my parents. Here's the situation:
They're trying to get rid of satellite internet as the service they have is an abomination. They're in a small rural hamlet and own a business (which I will refer to as "the store" for ease of explanation) next door to their house. At this store there is a different internet service which is LTE-TDD, basically it just works way better. The building is between 1-200 feet away. We used to have a router set up there when they had a different internet service. They only had one computer at the time, I set up a router in the store (Linksys I can't remember the model this was years ago, but it was an "N") and hooked up a wireless receiver to their desktop. The desktop was in the room in the house where the outside wall is closest to the store. Never really had any issues with Wireless at that point.
Fast forward to now, that router has long since bit it, and their needs have expanded to where they rarely use a desktop and now use laptops and a tablet throughout the house. Distance and LOS to the store obviously varies, as well as walls/obstructions. On the up it's all wood, not a lot of trees in the way either, and all on one floor. I'm being tasked to find a solution to get that service from the store to be usable in the house. The ISP modem/router is not strong enough to send the signal, it is a Hauwei B2268H.
I know that obviously the far and away best solution would be to either bury a line between the buildings, or just take the LTE receiver off the store and move it to the side of the house (the store is taller so reception might not be as good, but LOS in the whole hamlet to the tower is actually pretty good), since they use the internet less at the store anyways.
However, neither of these options are preferable for my parents, I don't think they want to go through that kind of work.
So my thoughts are to try a router first, I'm kind of leaning towards the Archer C8 as I think it's a reasonable price (that they're willing to spend) and the beamforming might help with the distance. If that doesn't work well enough I would continue in steps, where the second step would be a second router or range extender in the room I mentioned before, closest to the store for the strongest reception.
Am I on the right track given the mandate I've been handed? What's the best router suggestion for distance (and yes I know it's tough with the many variables out there for users)?
I'll mention again that these are my parents. They are not power users, they don't stream. They surf and do email and things like that. They're just frustrated with their current service and I want to make sure that helping them is an improvement (although the current service is basically unusable the majority of the time).
I look forward to any help, thanks!
They're trying to get rid of satellite internet as the service they have is an abomination. They're in a small rural hamlet and own a business (which I will refer to as "the store" for ease of explanation) next door to their house. At this store there is a different internet service which is LTE-TDD, basically it just works way better. The building is between 1-200 feet away. We used to have a router set up there when they had a different internet service. They only had one computer at the time, I set up a router in the store (Linksys I can't remember the model this was years ago, but it was an "N") and hooked up a wireless receiver to their desktop. The desktop was in the room in the house where the outside wall is closest to the store. Never really had any issues with Wireless at that point.
Fast forward to now, that router has long since bit it, and their needs have expanded to where they rarely use a desktop and now use laptops and a tablet throughout the house. Distance and LOS to the store obviously varies, as well as walls/obstructions. On the up it's all wood, not a lot of trees in the way either, and all on one floor. I'm being tasked to find a solution to get that service from the store to be usable in the house. The ISP modem/router is not strong enough to send the signal, it is a Hauwei B2268H.
I know that obviously the far and away best solution would be to either bury a line between the buildings, or just take the LTE receiver off the store and move it to the side of the house (the store is taller so reception might not be as good, but LOS in the whole hamlet to the tower is actually pretty good), since they use the internet less at the store anyways.
However, neither of these options are preferable for my parents, I don't think they want to go through that kind of work.
So my thoughts are to try a router first, I'm kind of leaning towards the Archer C8 as I think it's a reasonable price (that they're willing to spend) and the beamforming might help with the distance. If that doesn't work well enough I would continue in steps, where the second step would be a second router or range extender in the room I mentioned before, closest to the store for the strongest reception.
Am I on the right track given the mandate I've been handed? What's the best router suggestion for distance (and yes I know it's tough with the many variables out there for users)?
I'll mention again that these are my parents. They are not power users, they don't stream. They surf and do email and things like that. They're just frustrated with their current service and I want to make sure that helping them is an improvement (although the current service is basically unusable the majority of the time).
I look forward to any help, thanks!
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