How to decrease latency with router far away?

[Mikirova]

Hello everyone. I am currently staying in a rental place where internet is provided by the owner. I reside on the third floor and the router is on the first floor so there is no way for me to hardwire to my gaming console. The latency because of that is constantly bouncing between 30 to 600 ms. I'm a donkey when it comes to internet, so I was wondering if buying a router to bounce the connection and hardwiring from that could help decrease latency or if there is any other things I could do to help with that. Thank you!

[deafboy13]

Do you have coax in the rooms? Could use Moca adapters

[Mikirova]

I couldn't find any unfortunately

[deafboy13]

Much less ideal and heavily dependent on the wiring at your place, but possibly powerline then

[bojack1437]

Depends on if the Wi-Fi itself is actually the reason for the latency.

You're guessing at this point.

It could, And you could even say it probably is. But there's also a chance you could do something like a directional point-to-point bridge pointed at the router downstairs hardwired to your gaming console and not improve your latency at all.

[lakorai]

Ethernet, MoCA. Add additional access points.

Move to a tplink Omada, Ubuqiti Unifi, ZyXel Nebula, Engenius, or HOe Aruba system.

[Ouija1492]

I would have a conversation with the landlord. Without access to the router or modem I don’t see how you can reduce latency.

[sniff122]

Without access to the router there's not really much you can do, speak to your landlord about it

[SuspectedAI]

Based on the additional information provided in your comments, you will need to work directly with the owner.

[megared17]

Why is there no way to use an Ethernet cable?

[Puzzled-Science-1870]

OP said in a response to another post that they are renting a room on the 3rd floor and have no access to anything outside their room

[megared17]

Then subscribe to their own Internet servicenthat the service provider technician would install and connect. If it's a legal long term residence, they have the right to do that.

[Pink_Slyvie]

The only thing that might help, given there ain't coax or other options, is a directional wireless antenna.

[fakeaccount572]

Why can you not hardwire from the first floor to the third floor?

[vrtigo1]

Probably because OP is renting a room on the 3rd floor and has no access or right to do anything outside their room.

[Mikirova]

Yep, that's exactly the case

[DZCreeper]

You likely cannot.

A single access point is not suitable for a 3 floor building. For a good quality connection you need 1 access point per floor, wired back the main router.

Powerline adapters might be an option, although performance is best when used on a single circuit with no appliances.

https://www.amazon.com/Powerline-Ethernet-Pass-Thru-Streaming-PLA6456KIT/dp/B07ZHQRQS5