So I'm aware this is not a unique question or situation, but when it comes to networking I have no idea what I'm doing and don't exactly understand the other posts. Once I have hardware in my hand I'm sure I can figure out what I need to do, but I need help figuring out which hardware I need.

I live in a rather long apartment, and we share WiFi with the gentleman across the hall to save money. Between the three of us the speed never suffers and the usage is unlimited, so no point in installing an addition $70/month connection. The only problem is, my room is at the farthest point from the router, so my connection is spotty.

What I'd like to do is figure out how to extend/boost that signal. Do I buy a better router and instal it in his place? Can it be installed in my place, wirelessly connect to his, then extend the signal further into my place? Do these $50 WiFi range extenders I see online that plug into wall sockets actually work decently? reverse phone lookup nba reddit pcpartpicker