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AC1200 EX6200v2 Maxed out. Where should I go from here?
Hello, I currently have an AC1200 in AP mode connected to my Uverse Pace 5268AC modem. Between the two of them, there are roughly 49 WiFi devices (mostly WiFi light switches and outlets - 23 connect...
A simple AP isn't going to add a bunch of latency. If you're running it in extender mode, it will. But if its in AP mode, you should be fine.
That's a lot of 2.4ghz devices. :( shouldn't be a huge issue if most are IoT devices but if you're running streamers off 2.4ghz, that might not work the best.
And that's not much upload speed for all your devices. If blink is recommending at least 2mbps/camera and you've got 2 cameras, 80% of your upload bandwidth is being used by 2 cameras.
Only other thing I'd look at would be the camera's themselves. I've read a couple reviews of the blink cameras and the one's (few) that talk about wifi, speak to the same spotty/weak coverage you talked about initially. Not sure if they had to dial back the wifi module to get their advertised lifespan or whats going on.
1400sq ft isn't to large of a place. for having the PACE and the EX6200. Realistically a single router could cover the whole area if its just 1400sqft.
But it might be more related to the # of devices as well as what radio they're connected to. Most consumer routers support roughly 30-32 devices per radio.
Potentially with a dual band you could have 60-64 wireless devices connected if you spread them out evenly over the 2 bands. You'll have the option of more if you split between pace and netgear and then by radio.
Then you start getting to bandwidth. Wifi cameras use much more data. Blink recommends at least 2mbps UPLOAD speeds per camera. Not sure what your current upload speed is. Its usually quite significantly less than download.
Another though is that blink uses 2.4ghz. 2.4ghz has lower throughput (quite significantly) than 5ghz. If you have several devices on 2.4ghz that use a good amount of date, you'll have issues. As well as 2.4ghz is more sensitive to interference than 5ghz because there's less available spectrum (channels).
A couple things you can try.
1. change wifi channels for the device the blink is connected to.
2. separate out the 2.4ghz radios between your Pace and the EX6200. put one on channel 1 and the other on 11. Try to stick to 1-6-11. That avoids wireless overlap.
3. If you have higher bandwidth devices, try to have them on the 5ghz. Keep the IoT devices on the 2.4ghz as they usually use little data.
4. Again, balance out your network. Put some devices on the pace and some on the netgear with keeping in mind to even balance it between radios once you've devided them out.
Give that a shot and see what happens.