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Negative459
Apr 07, 2019Aspirant
AC750 terrible throughput
I have an AC750 in my 3 story home. My modem/router on the bottom floor, the extender is on the middle floor, almost directly above the router. The router/device lights are solid green and I have ful...
Negative459
Apr 07, 2019Aspirant
Update:
I updated the firmware and checked settings. I also turned off the 2.4 band connection and broadcast and am just connected to the router/broadcasting to devices on 5Ghz, but I am not using Fastlane. My throughput is up to about 13Mbps now, which is better but still 1/3 the throughput of a direct 5Ghz connection to the router. Can I improve on this? Maybe I dont understand Fastlane but it seems like you have to be on 2.4 on one end of the other which feels like a losing proposition one way or another over straight 5Ghz. Can someone explain? Thanks.