Hello, this would be my first forum post on these forums, so I apologize if there is a better place suited for posting this.
I recently just moved into a new apartment that is much bigger than our previous one and I now have a bedroom upstairs instead of everything being on the same floor. At the same time, the house is very old and consequently does not have a very strong wifi signal.
I do a lot of gaming on my system and I strongly prefer a wired ethernet connection as a must. While I do have various storage drives in my PC, I still find myself installing/uninstalling games constantly either when a new game comes out, or when I need to make room on my SSD for said game. This used to not be a problem at all. Previously in the old apartment, it was much easier for me to run my ethernet cable to the router in the living room to be able to hook up, which allowed me to reach speeds decently over 100 mbps over a test I ran using Ookla. In the new place, I simply cannot run an ethernet cable to the router in the living room. It is not an option whatsoever.
I have looked into other solutions such as getting some sort of wifi extender, and I've spent $150 on a Netgear extender that plugs into an outlet as I've had terrible experience with other standalone wifi extenders at lower prices. While I am getting satisfactory stability and am not experiencing any dropping connection, the download speed is atrociously slow at just 1.5-2 mbps and it seems like I can no longer stream games over Twitch/Youtube at the same quality that I used to be able to.
Does anyone know any more ideal solutions, maybe something that would make the situation much more comfortable for someone who uses their PC mainly for gaming?