Get cat6/7 if you really pulling the cable , future proof , who knows u need 10gbps next time (I never though I would need 1gbps initially) and you will be very happy everywhere in your house.

Lyra like all mesh, will somehow lose the speed as in order to link to the next hop , it wasn’t that cheap too.Their range will not be big as well, it’s just scalable , so if you need more you can buy more. (Dedicated 5ghz backbone by Lyra , but it also mean 5ghz short range for full speed )


The cheaper way ... get repeater OR go carousel , ppl is selling a lot of the “useless dir850L” , sometime even cheaper than repeater , but it will work as one. Set them as same SSID different channel.
I used it as AP, work fine for me.

Or get a better main router , and set your existing router to AP / repeater mode (if it support)

5ghz will need to be a quite near the router , to get full speed , 2.4ghz will get you less than 100mbps most of the time (if you are on iPhone for example)

Ethernet cable , very stable , full speed , unless yours is 1gbps connection , it might lose some speed. Best for gaming 😂

I am on 2 storey house , A good Asus router can cover most of it (located on 2nd floor) with some dead spot. The AP for better reliability and more gigabit connection to ground floor.

I believe if you can get a good router on your second floor , it will be enough , unless all your room is very big too , then u might need the 3rd one,the important factor is the router need to be in the Center of the building

Is the speed test working ? It might be playstore problem as well , because having interference, might just get slow speed most of the time and 5ghz is quite a wide band , should have less overlapping

What device are you on ? What router are you using ?
Refer to first page to check on router model , btu

Also check the cable from btu to router is cat5a/6
Do a speed test with a laptop / pc with cable directly plug to your main router , that would been the most accurate .