Help me get a more stable connection
I've been using wifi for a while after rearranging my home has moved my router too far away from my computer desk. Ever since then I have had issues off and on with internet speed being wildly inconsistent. Basically the only working coax connections are in different rooms than where my PC is.
I'm an IT professional so I've done quite a bit to try to diagnose the issue and find a solution, no luck so far. At this point I am trying to look in to alternate methods for getting my computer connected with ethernet again.
I DO NOT want to run a giant cable anywhere. I am also trying to avoid giving Cox any more money than needed so I would like to avoid having them run a new coax connection for me.
I'm not particularly experienced with more oddball network setups so I was hoping to get some input. MoCA isn't an option for the same reason I can't just have the router on my desk. EoP sounds like it just has too many drawbacks. I've considered putting a wireless access point in my office and going over ethernet from it to the PC but I don't know how much more reliable that will be than just using wifi. I'm also open to advice on figuring out why my wifi connection is so painfully slow at times when the router is behind 1 wall and less than 100ft away.
The issue happens on my computer as well as my wife's (same room). Shes just running off the built in wireless on her motherboard, I'm running a dedicated wifi card.
The nuclear option is to take advantage of the fact that my desk is on the interior side of an exterior wall and right next to the coax connection for the home. I could drill a hole and use a splitter to run the cable right to my desk but I'd prefer to not drill holes in my house (I do own so I COULD do that though).