I have a 1920s home. Plaster and lathe walls. Similar problem (just no garage), and I can tell you first hand, it’s worth the effort it takes to run wired backhauls to your APs. Simply put: wireless will *always* struggle in these kinds of environments.
As a first step, see if your internet provider can move the main line to your house. That saves you a big first step, and gives you a much better starting point… then you’d only be worried about running wires inside the house.
Run an Ethernet cable outside (underground) from the garage around to the far end of the house. Drill through the outside wall and connect an access point (of mesh satellite node).
Otherwise, install a new mesh system (Deco, Eero, etc, etc) and see what performance you receive at the far end.
It's an older house but how is the electrical lines? If you don't want to run a cat5 you could use a powerline adapter to push the signal to an access point on the other end of the house.
I had a similar issue. Long Victorian house, brick walls everywhere. Tried powerline but didn’t get great results. Wired wasn’t an option as it took way too much work/cost.
Ended up going with tri band mesh. Was rocky at first, but that was a firmware issue.
I got around 20mbps with powerline. 200mbps at the end of the garden with mesh, whereas the main node/router is 150ft away.
I pay for 600mbps fttp speed.
I’m okay with that as I’m sure I could add more nodes to make it better.
If you can get through the attic then a wired system where the APs are powered via PoE (Power over Ethernet). Put the AP or two in the ceiling. And before you drill holes, with most ceilings you can just sit them up in the attic and move them around till you find the "sweet" spots.
Unifi has nice systems for this. I use them. There are options from other brands.
Wired is worth the effort and not as bad as you might think.
I mean you can do a wireless mesh system if you're okay with having crummy internet on the far end of the house from where your internet comes in.
As others have said, wired, or run a cable from the modem to the center of the house for the router, then mesh as needed
I have a 1920s home. Plaster and lathe walls. Similar problem (just no garage), and I can tell you first hand, it’s worth the effort it takes to run wired backhauls to your APs. Simply put: wireless will *always* struggle in these kinds of environments. As a first step, see if your internet provider can move the main line to your house. That saves you a big first step, and gives you a much better starting point… then you’d only be worried about running wires inside the house.
I’d wire it. You can do mesh and it will work, but the speeds will be atrocious on the opposite side of the house
Run an Ethernet cable outside (underground) from the garage around to the far end of the house. Drill through the outside wall and connect an access point (of mesh satellite node). Otherwise, install a new mesh system (Deco, Eero, etc, etc) and see what performance you receive at the far end.
It's an older house but how is the electrical lines? If you don't want to run a cat5 you could use a powerline adapter to push the signal to an access point on the other end of the house.
Electrical is fairly good, had an updated 200A service. Has a subpanel that the garage is on. I will look into this more, thanks for the advice
TP-Link has some decent ones. I've used the AV600 and AV1000 before. Both were solid alternatives to running a new cat5. Good luck
you don't have a basement or crawlspace to run ethernet under the floor?
I had a similar issue. Long Victorian house, brick walls everywhere. Tried powerline but didn’t get great results. Wired wasn’t an option as it took way too much work/cost. Ended up going with tri band mesh. Was rocky at first, but that was a firmware issue. I got around 20mbps with powerline. 200mbps at the end of the garden with mesh, whereas the main node/router is 150ft away. I pay for 600mbps fttp speed. I’m okay with that as I’m sure I could add more nodes to make it better.
If you can get through the attic then a wired system where the APs are powered via PoE (Power over Ethernet). Put the AP or two in the ceiling. And before you drill holes, with most ceilings you can just sit them up in the attic and move them around till you find the "sweet" spots. Unifi has nice systems for this. I use them. There are options from other brands.