Cheers.
Footflaps, that has always been my bugbear with network problems around the house - how do I tell which bit is causing the problem? The wi-fi extender was fine to start with, but I find myself re-booting the router & extender more & more frequently as I get drop-outs on Zwift while in the garage. This morning I ended up swapping to the wifi hotspot on my phone as the signal died 2 mins before a group ride.
The wi-fi extender has always seemed like a fudge & the mesh systems are more affordable now, so it seems like a sensible time to get one sorted.
nbt, yeah once I get it up & running I will likely be plugging my NAS drive into one of the ethernet ports.
The powerline adaptor for the work computer is really because the wi-fi receiver in that device (it's a laptop) seems absolutely dire and I kept struggling with drop-outs (while my own laptop sat next to it works fine on the wi-fi....!). I assumed that if I improve the wi-fi signal over the whole house I might not need the Powerline adaptor anymore.
If I did need it, could I not just plug it into the ethernet on the back of the first node (the one connected to the router) and the other end would go into the laptop as it currently does?
Or if I am only turning the wi-fi off on the plusnet box, would it not still provide internet signal down the ethernet to the powerline adaptor? It wouldn't matter if all my domestic devices are connected over the wi-fi mesh while the work computer is connected over the Plusnet router, as they don't need to interact. (I have no idea if that would work in real life, but in my head it should).
