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Urrno
Aspirant
Oct 17, 2018

Extremely Slow Ethernet Connection Through Wifi Extender

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 extende...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 17, 2018

Did you try restarting the extender?

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Urrno
Aspirant
Oct 18, 2018

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.