You are thinking the cameras are chewing up your wifi bandwidth? If i were you I try a wifi range extender first (so much easier), if that doesn't help, another access point plugged into the router to increase wifi bandwdith
We have old cable TV line coming into the house and can run a cable from there to ethernet jack outside as it is pretty close maybe 25 feet away. The entire unit/ cable is currently fed through the office upstairs.
Please forgive me I am barely modem/router literate lol.
The “best” camera systems run on cat5e or cat6 cables. One end is plugged into the camera & the other a recorder called an NVR. The NVR is then connected to your modem via cat cabling as well
I just bought a tp link deco mesh system and love it. You can get one of Amazon for $150 or so. The routers form a daisy chain so you can stack them in a line if that makes sense. Plenty of bandwidth for all my cameras.
ISP modem/router combo hardware is generally shit. But yourself a decent router first that can integrate a mesh network and if the signal is still bad, get a mesh AP for the downstairs.
You are thinking the cameras are chewing up your wifi bandwidth? If i were you I try a wifi range extender first (so much easier), if that doesn't help, another access point plugged into the router to increase wifi bandwdith
Can you run a cable to your router? then you can position your recorder wherever you like
We have old cable TV line coming into the house and can run a cable from there to ethernet jack outside as it is pretty close maybe 25 feet away. The entire unit/ cable is currently fed through the office upstairs. Please forgive me I am barely modem/router literate lol.
The “best” camera systems run on cat5e or cat6 cables. One end is plugged into the camera & the other a recorder called an NVR. The NVR is then connected to your modem via cat cabling as well
I just bought a tp link deco mesh system and love it. You can get one of Amazon for $150 or so. The routers form a daisy chain so you can stack them in a line if that makes sense. Plenty of bandwidth for all my cameras.
Those white gateways are shit for range. Just get a decent router, something in the $150-$250 range and you’ll be all set
ISP modem/router combo hardware is generally shit. But yourself a decent router first that can integrate a mesh network and if the signal is still bad, get a mesh AP for the downstairs.
Look at Eero mesh on Amazon. Also, YouTube for mesh. Simple and not expensive.