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AC750 / EX3700 misleading red router light and signal strength
I just installed an AC750 / EX3700 range extender yesterday, and it works great, however, the Router light goes from green to orange to red within a few minutes no matter where I situate it. Coinc...
kteague wrote:
HOWEVER, when I run speed tests through the extender, I am consistently seeing 30Mbps d/l, and any device I connect to it appears to work fine.
Double check you have really used the 2.4 GHz channel by selecting the network name for this band. If the connection does became really bad, well possible your wireless client has changed to the 5 GHz band.
- Here is where the extender's display quickly settles (6Mbps) after initially indicating 130Mbps for the 2.4Ghz connection. This happens no matter what channel I configure on my wndr4000. Yet speedtests consistently register around 25Mbps d/l...and my client smartphone is indeed connected to the extender.
kteague wrote:
and my client smartphone is indeed connected to the extender.Did you turn your cellular data off before you ran the speedtest?
Yes, I see approximately 25Mbps d/l via the extender's 2.4Ghz connection, whether or not mobile data is enabled or disabled on my smartphone, despite that the extender's web interface consistently indicates a 6Mbps 2.4Ghz connection and the Router indicator remains red.
Moving the extender to within 10 to 15 feet of my WNDR4000, I can observe 130Mbps connection from extender to router, and router light remains green...but only for a while before once again eventually turning red, and before the web interface eventually begins reflecting only a 6Mbps connection. It makes no sense whatsoever.
