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New AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Mesh Extender - Slow Connection
Hi there, forgive me as I’m new to this, but I recently purchased and set up a AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Mesh Extender. After running a few speed tests I’m getting in between 18-28mbps download speeds. Fo...
The 5ghz will have faster speeds.
I highly doubt your primary router was hitting 300mbps over 2.4ghz.Again, 5ghz is capable of faster speeds but not 2.4ghz.
If you don't like the mesh features, you can disable it and just use separate ssids for it.
Really appreciate the info! I definitely never expected faster speeds in this part of the house, I just didn’t expect a 90% decrease either.
I guess my confusion stems from the fact that not only am I not able to figure out how to choose between the 2.4 and 5ghz, I’m now seeing all devices all over the house running on the same network at those slower speeds. In other words, I’m not seeing a way to differentiate between my existing network (pre-extender) and the current network (with extender and slower speeds).
At this point I feel like I sacrificed the speed of my entire WiFi network to combat this one “dead” zone. Is there anything I can mess around with to address this or is my only other option to get rid of the extender completely.
Thank you again!
I guess my confusion stems from the fact that not only am I not able to figure out how to choose between the 2.4 and 5ghz, I’m now seeing all devices all over the house running on the same network at those slower speeds. In other words, I’m not seeing a way to differentiate between my existing network (pre-extender) and the current network (with extender and slower speeds).
At this point I feel like I sacrificed the speed of my entire WiFi network to combat this one “dead” zone. Is there anything I can mess around with to address this or is my only other option to get rid of the extender completely.
Thank you again!
The 5ghz will have faster speeds.
I highly doubt your primary router was hitting 300mbps over 2.4ghz.
Again, 5ghz is capable of faster speeds but not 2.4ghz.
If you don't like the mesh features, you can disable it and just use separate ssids for it.