Rental home network headaches - need some advice.
Rental home network headaches - need some advice.
There are many strong mesh home Wi-Fi solutions available, especially the OMADA system from TP-Link. You'll need several access points, a PoE switch, and with help from your roommates, you can set up a fully functional system in just a few hours. If your wired connection isn't fast enough for gaming, think about changing your ISP. Just remember, wireless speed can vary depending on the environment.
If the reason your ethernet ports in the house didn't work is just a bad switch then I would try swapping it out, they are cheap and then you would have wired connections throughout the house. If the wire is also bad then you could potentially use it to pull through new cable as well and you would be set. Another option would be to use powerline adapters. They allow you to extend your network through your electrical outlets, its not as good as dedicated wires but its better then Wi-Fi. Here is a link to Netgear's: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE...1916&psc=1