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Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Codybuts
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Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Hello, one more issue to resolve.

I get wifi speeds of 4-600 beside router, and beside sat 1.

Beside sat 2 I'm only seeing around 100 sometimes 120 ish.

Is this normal? Should the full speed not carry throughout ?

I noticed moving sat 2 further away helped me with 30 Mbps or so more, even though both location's showed GOOD with 5ghz connections..

Router >sat 1>sat 2
Router FRONT of house against wall basement
Sat 1 BACK of house against wall main floor
Sat 2 BACK of garage (farthest possible from sat 1)

The issue is with speeds at sat 2.

Tech had me change threshold to 2103 on both networks
Daisy chain ,Mimi, fast roaming and beamforcing all ENABLED
On channel 11/40
MTU size 1468.


Any help greatly appreciated
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

I haven't done a factory reset since before this new modem, tech had me setup dynamic IP to see if it solved the issue but it ended up being the modem.

Router and sat 1 speeds are fine it's just sat 2.
Would this be something I should try
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Still having this issue, 500 Mbps at router and sat 1 and barely 100 at sat 2.. all showing good backhaul
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Factory reset and it didn't change a thing besides getting poor signal over sat 2.

Changed MTU back to 1468 fast,mimo,beam all enabled , threshold 2301 .
Sat 2 showing good again 5ghz.. max speeds 100 ish.. 500+ at router and sat 1.
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Sat 2 keeps going from 5g good with 170 Mbps to 2.4 GHz under 100 Mbps .

2.4 transmit power is 25 percent..?? Help please
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

What is the distance between Sat 1 and Sat 2? 

Daisy Chain enabled? 


What happens if you turn OFF both RBS, swap Sat 1 and Sat 2 locations? 

 

Is the transmit power on the RBR set for 100%? 

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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Distance between sat 1 and 2 is prob 39 ft with brick wall in way ( sat 1 in window basement facing garage where sat 2 is )

And it seemed moving sat 2 closer to say 1 gave even worse speeds . It's now farthest in garage just always goes back to 2.4
Daisy chain enabled , fast enabled, 20/40 unticked, mimo enabled beamforcing enabled.

Transmit power is 25 on 2.4 and 100 on 5.

Have tried swapping
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Set transmit to 100% on RBR. 


Possible that this brick wall will be a factor. 

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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

This ? The one that's 25 ? Is this what your talking about
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Yes. The RBR, ensure both 2.4 and 5G are set for 100%. 

 

 

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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

They were prior I just switched it today and it didn't do nothing but I'll switch it back and report back
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

No good..when it's 5g good it's 170mbps but then goes 2.4 poor
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Possible this brick wall is going to be a factor. 

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Codybuts
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But I've had it working good backhaul with 5g and 170 Mbps.. then it switches to 2.4? I don't believe the wall is the factor it should work.
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

5G is effected by building materials. Nature of 5Ghz. It's probably falling back to 2.4G due to the brick wall. 

https://eyesaas.com/wifi-signal-loss/

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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Doesn't make sense one minute it's good with 5g and fast speeds and then it's not..my house is only 1000 sq ft..sat 1 is in a window and my garage with sat 2 is only like 12 ft away to the door and it's like 20 ft long
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FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

To test this out, place Sat 2 in side the home with sat1 spaced about 25 or 30 feet appart if possible. Check the speed of the Sat 2. I presume Sat2 should hold 5Ghz while in the same building as Sat1 and the RBR. 

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Codybuts
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Why is 2.4 g going back to poor aswell
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

My house is only like 50 ft long ..

Router is front of house basement .
Sat 1 is back of house basement
Sat 2 back of garage ( moving it front of garage speeds were 100 or less when it was working ).
Message 19 of 84
FURRYe38
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Moving the RBR from basement up to main floor may help some. Basements are not recommended for wifi sources. 

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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Not able to do that, I get 4-600+ upstairs above each router and sat 1 so it works good there .. even outside through a brick wall I was getting 4-600 sitting at my patio between garage and my house
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

I just moved sat 2 into window in garage middle poor facing window of sat 1 like 15-20 ft away..

At first it showed good 2.4 then went poor 5g 5 min later..?
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

.
Message 23 of 84
Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

I disable 20/40 hit save it shows good then goes back to poor
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Codybuts
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Re: Slow Satellite 2 Speeds

Today I recieved a replacement satellite, still connects to satellite 1 with poor connection even though the light is blue on-top of the new sat.
I get 520mbps sitting on my back patio from sat 1 .. I'm literally 20 ft from sat 2 and I get poor connection..not sure what to do next
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