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jacoc's avatar
jacoc
Aspirant
Oct 04, 2021

R6220 poor wifi cover

Hi.

I have the R6220 router. On the box the cover is 110m2 but i have extremely poor coverage in my room that is 5m away. 

How do I go about fixing this error?

3 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Oct 04, 2021

    A little more details help. 

    1. what are your interior walls made of? Certain materials block wifi better than other. 

    2. what actual speeds are you getting? Over wired? Over 2.4ghz? Over 5gh? 

    3. what firmware is on the router? 

    4. what modem/gateway is it connected to? 

     

    Details are key. 

    • jacoc's avatar
      jacoc
      Aspirant
      Oct 05, 2021

      Hi,

       

      I have normal brick and plaster walls. 

      My firmware is 1.1.0.110.

      2.4ghz - 18 up and 10 down

      Fibre cable connects to router directly. 

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        Oct 05, 2021
        jacoc wrote:

        Hi,

         

        I have normal brick and plaster walls. ----brick and plaster walls block wifi very well. 

        My firmware is 1.1.0.110.

        2.4ghz - 18 up and 10 down-----what do you pay for for speeds? what speeds do you get over 5ghz? 2.4ghz is a slow network. 

        Fibre cable connects to router directly. ---what ONT do you have?