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RBK50 low speed on some spots
I bought the RBK50 system last summer, ie one RBR50 and two RBS50. This have worked very good, except that I have some spots with lower speeds. Our house is built 1926, it has an indoor chimney t...
what I'd try doing firsts?
move the satellites around to see if they provide better coverage before buying more.
If the coverage doesn't get better because of the materials the home is made from, then sometimes a better investment is in hardwiring in the satellites using powerline, moca adapters, or even running ethernet.
many older houses also use plaster lathe which is great at blocking wifi besides the brick you have. This also attenuates signal very well.
so I'd try moving them around before buying things that might not help.
If it does help, then buying another satellite might help with coverage.
I'd also check when devices are slow if they're on the 2.4ghz or 5ghz. 2.4ghz is a slow network but penetrates much better than 5ghz.
Thanks for the input Plemans. đ
The probem is especially visible on the second floor, I get as low as 5 Mbit/s depending on where and how I put the satellite. It may be the bricks in the chimney, as well as things in the walls.
I'll try to add a second satellite on that floor.
Just for testing, move them around. You have 2x satellites and a router so you could potentially try a lot of combinations to see how to get the best coverage on that floor.