Hi
I'm needing some help. We have Fibre 2 broadband with a smart hub (1). We found that it wasn't reaching everywhere in the house (4 bed, 3 storey victorian). So like many others, when covid hit We needed to find more stable supplies to be able to work from home.
I did some research and mesh seemed one of the best options for the problems we faced. I spent a lot of money of a TP Link set up, seeing it was a reliable and good value package (3 x M5s). We also liked the extra parental controls it offered, including turning devices off at night.
So we set that up and it worked great. Really happy. We had to get an old white box BT modem as the smart hub wouldn't bridge. And that was fine too. Happy days.
We added smart devices slowly and surely including cameras and sockets, and so have about 25 additional smart devices dotted about.
Since Sep 2021 we've noticed real problems in our WiFi around the house. Me and my partner work from home and there are times through the day I've had to end patient appointments (NHS worker) because of the connection. I contacted BT, we spoke with TP link who were really helpful but nothing seemed to improve. In the end we tried adding a few tp link X20s to the mesh network for additional power. For the first few weeks we were amazed by the improvement, but then it all began to deteriorate again. We've had a very lovely BT engineer out this week who reassured us that our signal in is strong and consistent. But even he was surprised by how poor the WiFi was carrying around the house.
I've spent hundreds of pounds and don't want to throw more money I can't afford at this problem. We need some more help please. I'm not tech savvy and so will need simple explanation please?
Huge thanks in advance!!!
