First, see if you can fix up your wifi. Get a phone or PC based Wifi analyzer app, they are free.
Try to pick the least used channel. If you can use 5 GHz that's usually less congested and higher bandwidth.
Mixing Ethernet Cables
Hello All,
I have a question about mixing ethernet cables of different ratings. My house was wired 20 years ago with Cat 5 cable. My listening room is in the basement which is two floors away from the router. Wifi to my streamer has been OK but occasionally drops out so I would like to connect my streamer via ethernet. Running a new cable (Cat 6a or Cat 8) from the router to the streamer would be very expensive (labor cost). I can split existing Cat 5 in the basement with a switch and run a patch cord from the switch to the streamer.
Would running Cat 8 from the switch to the streamer be of any benefit given that the signal is only Cat 5 from the router to the switch?
Thanks.