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EX7000 speed capped at 100Mbps
Hi I have a EX7000 that worked for many years as a great extender. I connected it via RJ45 to my PC which then connected to a R8500. Well last year sometime the BIOs was upgraded on both devices seve...
Hi plemans,
Thank you for replying!
I have set it up as you would want. 5g to the router and 2.4 g extender. However I do not use the extender and have my PC connected by RJ45.
However, I am embarrassed to say it turns out my dedicated ethernet cat 6 cable from PC to router, BTW which is rarely ever touched, went bad! So the 1gig dropped to under 100meg. I replaced it and it works much better. I am getting 290 down & 100 up which still needs some work to get faster but at least I am past this hurdle.
Best Regards,
daniel
are you using fastlane?
What firmware is on the extender?
I don't have that specific extender but is there an option to ensure its using the 5ghz for the connection back to router for hardwired devices?
I'd check on that. 2.4ghz is much slower in speeds.
Hi plemans,
Thank you for replying!
I have set it up as you would want. 5g to the router and 2.4 g extender. However I do not use the extender and have my PC connected by RJ45.
However, I am embarrassed to say it turns out my dedicated ethernet cat 6 cable from PC to router, BTW which is rarely ever touched, went bad! So the 1gig dropped to under 100meg. I replaced it and it works much better. I am getting 290 down & 100 up which still needs some work to get faster but at least I am past this hurdle.
Best Regards,
daniel
Glad to hear it was something simple!