Extremely Slow Ethernet Connection Through Wifi Extender

Question

I have my desktop hooked up to my wifi extender through an ethernet cable. Currently, my donwload speed is less than 1mbps. My phone, which is connected to wifi and is in the same room as the extender and the desktop, gets over 30mbps.&nbsp;
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My internet speed was fine until yesterday morning. Since then, it has suddenly become so slow as to be unusable.
Can anyone help?

StephenB · Answer

Did you try restarting the extender?

Urrno · Answer

Restarting the extender did not help much. My speed is up to 3 mbps, which is a little bit better, but not nearly as good as it should be.&nbsp;

StephenB · Answer

What speed do you see if you disconnect the PC lan cable, and connect the phone to the extender's network?
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You might also use the Windows task manager (clicking on the performance tab) - just to double-check that there isn't a background task that is using network bandwidth.

Urrno · Answer

Connecting to the extender with my phone is even worse. 0.7 mbps on phone through wifi, currently 3 mbps on desktop through ethernet.
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Definitely nothing else hogging bandwidth, as I unplugged the connection to the desktop before testing on my phone.

StephenB · Answer

What color is the router led on the extender?
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Restarting the router is probably a good idea if you haven't tried that already.

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Extremely Slow Ethernet Connection Through Wifi Extender

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