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Re: 5ghz extender drops with full signal EX7000
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5ghz extender drops with full signal EX7000
Hello so i`ve been using this extender for a few days, i placed it 5meters away from my Virgin Media router, with no walls in between. So the distances are like this: Router->5m -extender - 3m->my device. and there is a wooden door in between my laptop and the extender. I always have full signals for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz, the 2.4ghz is stable, i never get disconnected, but the 5ghz connection keeps dropping like every 5min. I want the 5ghz cuz i get around 30MB/s when i download something on steam, and with 2.4ghz i get around 5mb/s. I tried the fastlane technology still doesn`t work, and also i tried changing some channels, still doesn`t work.
Theres gotta be a way to make it work, can someone please help me?
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Re: 5ghz extender drops with full signal EX7000
Try moving it further away. 15ft (5m) is to close. you'd be better off directly connecting to the router.
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is that with the router or with the extender? you need to be specific and you need to test both.
also, the router is the backbone for the extender. If your router is giving you slow speeds, the extender isn't going to make that better.
You can tell a lot about a wall by looking/feeling/knocking on it. If its sheetrock/wood then it should be fine. other materials like plaster lathe, concrete, adobe, brick, all do great jobs of blocking wifi signals.
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again, if thats the max speed you're getting out of the router, your extender isn't really going to make much of a difference if it isn't a distance issue.
It sounds like more of either a router issue or your walls are made of something that blocks wifi signal. Extenders work great but they work great at they're intended purpose.
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An extender by its very nature has to recieve and retransmit signal. This reduces bandwidth by roughly 50% and increases latency by the very nature of how they work. This isn't isolated to netgear. the tri-bands help a bit in reducing this but they don't get rid of it entirely. They're great at extending range or overlapping a dead spot.
Your router is the bottleneck. A range extender isn't going to be faster than the router because it has to run off the router and the speed/latency hit it takes by being an extender.
You need to first look at your router. Get that speed running decently off your primary router.
Look at where you live. If the walls are blocking wifi because they're made of adobe/plaster/brick/metal, nothings going to make them suddenly pass wifi through them. If you're in a residence that has walls that block wifi, you'll want to investigate other means such as running ethernet, using moca adapters, or powerline adapters. Or even running multiple access points.
I don't have an easy solution for you. Get your router working decently. Then assess your home. an extender might not be the solution for you if the walls are blocking signals.
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