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Auric
Oct 22, 2019Aspirant
Not getting 300mbps on Ex2700
I expected to get upto 300mbps on my EX2700 and I am only getting 10mbps, I can't game with it. My virgin media router gives me 200mpbs, but it doesn't go to my room so I bought the EX2700 and I saw ...
schumaku
Oct 22, 2019Guru - Experienced User
While connected to the extender wireless, point a Web browser to http://mywifiext.net, login to the EX2700, and post the Status page.
This is a very similar EX3700 (but with two radios) - shwoing only the 2.4 GHz here:
- AuricOct 22, 2019Aspirant
- schumakuOct 23, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Your EX2700 seems to have a good link to the primary router, but it does run this link on 144 Mb/s link rate only. This does also limit the maximum possible link rate of the EX2700 access point which does run on the same radio and therefore the same channel like the primary router.
First item to check is if the Virgin media router 2.4 GHz wireless can be reconfigured to 40 MHz (20+20 MHz) bandwidth, this should allow the EX2700 operate the link to the primary router on about 270...300 Mb/s, and it will serve the EX2700 access point on up to 300 Mb/s, too.
Next check the signal level (quality) on the computer or gaming device. Relocating the EX2700 a little bit more towards your room might help.
Please be aware that the physical link rates can't be reached in the effective throughput. However, in your case the 144 Mb/s (assuming the computer or gaming device should sync to about the same number) only 10 Mb/s throughput not ideal. In a similar application, the EX3700 (similar tech on 2.4 GHz as the EX2700) does run in the 15 .. 35 Mb/s range. Here however we have massive traffic on air in the 2.4 GHz band from two Arlo systems, so (massive) interferences are predictable.
- AuricOct 24, 2019Aspirant
I've tried the methods but I only got at least 15 mbps, ;(