Ubiquiti requires a little more thought to setup, but is still relatively straightforward. Ubiquiti have mesh access point nodes designed for outdoor locations. Very plug and play… no real technical skills required. The BT Whole Home system works and integrates exceptionally well if you have a current BT Smart Hub2, but will clearly works well with other ISPs.
Remember wifi relies on sensitive radios. Do however position, as with all wifi access points and nodes, as high as you can and/or with minimum electrical clutter around them if you want them to work optimally. I would look at at a home mesh system from Ubiquiti, BT Whole home and many others…yes you will need to likely replace your current wifi, and possibly disable your router wifi, but the mesh should adapt to your conditions and usage if you have several discs or nodes. Boosters are fairly ineffective too… as wifi needs to be two way. Hi Ken, I wouldn’t use extenders, by their nature they can often clobber the overall performance of your wireless lan… probably not good these days, as well as causing some interoperability issues with certain apps. If you really want a solution that is as cheap as possible, an AirPort Extreme wired to your router, and several Airport Express around the house can work well, although it’s rather dated technology compared to what’s available now. Whichever solution you choose, you should ensure that you have enough of them around your house to give good coverage, and experiment with positioning to make sure there are no gaps. One of these should be wired to your router, but the others can use just a wireless connection.
If you really can’t run cables to several points around your house to connect these, some of the consumer branded Mesh sysyems would be a good option, such as the BT Whole Home discs. Some time ago, a Naim staff member reported very good results using Ubiquiti AP-AC Lite devices in this way, and some forum members have done the same. The gold standard is to use modern Mesh wireless access points, all of which are themselves connected back to your router with Ethernet cables. Having the whole network, wired and wireless, running on compatible hardware, all from the same brand, is likely to be easier to set up and use. I would suggest that you consider your whole network, rather than just considering the need for one device to extend the existing LAN into a new area.
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