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My ORBI has great WiFi signal throughout my 2 story home, including the second floor, on all of my devices except an older desktop HP located on the 2nd floor. As I write this, download speed on my d...
thecos77 wrote:.... except an older desktop HP located on the 2nd floor. As I write this, download speed on my desktop is 39 Mbps,
"Older" means different things to different people. (My elderly neighbor has a 15 year old Windows XP machine, whereas I think my five year old computer is ancient!) Depending on the age, it is possible that the HP has an ancient 2.4G WiFi card. If you can't find the computer specs, please supply the model number and we can help look for them.
"Wired" is clearly the best-performing solution, but is not always practical. Installing a new WiFi adapter might help. There are 2.4G/5G USB adapters that do not cost much.