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Yeetmeister
Feb 11, 2020Aspirant
Problems with wifi extender EX2700 after power outage
I bought an EX2700 a few weeks ago as an ethernet alternative and its been working amazingly giving me 30-40mbps download and 10-15 upload. We had a sudden 8 hour power outage on sunday and now it si...
plemans
Feb 12, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Yeetmeister wrote:
When my phone is next to the extender it’s speed is maximum (as in full bars on WiFi)
Full bars on wifi isn't a speed or any type of accurate measurement.
Use the speedtest app/program for both devices. Also make sure you're on the 2.4ghz if you're speed testing. You can't compare 2.4ghz speed to 5ghz speed.
Yeetmeister
Feb 12, 2020Aspirant
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