Recommend a WiFi Router/Solution please.

Mars

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My old TP-link TD-W8970 V1 is dated and I'm struggling to get proper wifi coverage over my whole house. I also have a second router (same model) that I'm using to provide wifi to the other end of my house.
I tried to get it to extend my current wifi, but that did not work so now I have two networks :/
On top of that, some android devices suddenly have no internet access while connected to these routers. They work everywhere else but not with these two.

Without spending too much money, how can I have a consistent strong network all over my house? How do I work out the range of the router?

Another option is openwrt, but that looks like a massive learning curve. I may try it anyway, but I'm not sure that should be the first option.
 
https://www.takealot.com/ubiquiti-unifi-802-11ac-long-range-access-point/PLID40890861

Buy one and plan to buy another down the line for failover / load balancing.

You'll never have Wifi issues again.

And if you think that is "expensive" then you'll continue to suffer with cheap crap that fails year after year and costs you more over time.

OpenWRT doesn't solve the hardware limitation so don't expect magical signal difference just because you changed the software. Unless the software limited the transmit power for some reason.
 
Ok, so assuming I get one of those and a decent router. Which one?

So I'm looking at about 5k for a decent sollution
 
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