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MR1100 performance great outside
Hello- while on the roof yesterday installing a new Wilson yagi antenna, I pointed the antenna to a tower and attached the coax cable and the mr1100 router. I tested the speed well over a dozen times ...
Hello, and thank you for responding. The power is the same USB-C cable that came with the router. It is no longer than about 12 inches.
Yes, while I was on the roof I connected the antenna to the 40 feet of cable and then to the router. I was seeing about 40+ MB speeds while on the roof. This is the same cable that I ran down through the attic and into the closet.
If I unplug the antenna while the router is in the closet I do see the connection drop so that does tell me that it is using the antenna. It just doesn't make sense why while I was on the roof I was getting nearly 40-45 mb speeds and now in the closet I am seeing much less than that. Is it possible that I should get another antenna and point it to another tower? I have another tower that is about 3 miles away. The antenna that I am now connected to is about 1.5 miles away.
Any ideas from anyone else?
I would recomend upgrading the power supply ( im using a samsung 25watt usb c wall plug), using a shorter coax cable,longer ethernet cable and turning off wifi. then one by one, swap the cables (long coax short ethernet) and turn on wifi till you find your bottle neck