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RBS 20 speed drop when daisy chained
Hey guys, I have an RBK20 system set up with RBR20 and 2 RBS20 repeaters. First RBS20 to the router and second to the first (daisy chained). Wifi Speeds at the Router and at first satellite are th...
Thanks for that and food for thought. However the one with the issues in out the back in a shed where my office is. If I could run cable out to there I wouldnt have installed a Mesh system 🙂
Speeds are being measured with Speed test on my phone whilst within a metre or two of each access point, first turn wifi off and back on, wait for it to connect to the closest access point then wait for it to connect at 5g. I have also now swapped the repeaters to see if that was the issue but no change at all. Must be the speed connection between them.Is there any way to measure the speed achieved between the steps in the chain?
JustAskDave wrote:
Is there any way to measure the speed achieved between the steps in the chain?
There was a telnet command that reported the "Link Rate" of each connection. Not actual speed, but a rough measure of the maximum theoretical connection rate. Alas, Netgear removed the telnet feature some years ago.
The purpose of the $10 test is to eliminate one of the two WiFi "hops" in the Daisy Chain. If it results in no significant improvement at satellite 2, then there would be no benefit to installing Ethernet cable within the walls. If it does, then it is a cost/benefit discussion. (Is the improvement worth the cost/hassle of installing cable?)