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Slow wifi speeds in one room
My router is in the basement of my ranch house. Without extender pods, I had decent speeds and connections throughout the house. Then I got three pods that I have in three different rooms throughout the main floor.
Two of the pod locations work great. I notice no speed difference between being connected to the pods compared to sitting right next to the router. One pod, however, delivers only about 10% of the speed of the other two. This pod is actually closest to the router. It is, however, above a crawl space while the other two pods are above the main basement.
I've ruled out a defective pod by swapping pods from other locations. The connection deficiency stays with the room... it does not follow the pod. The connection is so bad that if I walk into that room while on a wifi connected phone call, the call is usually dropped.
Any tips on what could be going on here? I've thought about moving the router to closer to the crawl space, but my question becomes do pods daisy chain (one pod connects to another) or do they hub out from the router?
Oh... I have tried moving the pod from that (over the crawl space) room to our adjacent kitchen which is not over the crawl space. This means that pod is even CLOSER to the router.
NoNoBadPuppy
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548 Messages
3 years ago
If the issue is only occurring in the one room, it is probably because the walls are degrading the signal to that one room. The walls may have a lot of water pipes and electrical wiring, and possibly metal studs, all of which can create a barrier for wireless signals. The pipes/wiring/studs create standing waves when they reflect the signal, and these standing waves do not allow the signal to properly propagate to the room. You might want to consider adding a powerline adapter to the room. It would be the easiest way to fix your problem. A bit of advice; if you choose to go this route, do not buy the no-name ultra inexpensive units. They are a waste of money. Stick with a brand name you know, Netgear, Dlink, TP link, etc. Make sure that the unit provides at least the same throughput as your current xfinity plan offers (i.e. if you have 300Mbps download, make sure the unit supports at least 300Mbps). This article should help you decide if this is the right choice for you:
https://www.techadvisor.com/test-centre/network-wifi/best-powerline-adapters-3490638/
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NoNoBadPuppy
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548 Messages
3 years ago
If you have only one breaker box, you should be okay. Some houses have more than one circuit (usually a home that is meant to house separate families); sometimes there are issues there. Just make sure that whomever you buy from, they have a return policy in case you have issues. Again, it is unlikely, but there is a chance that it might not work.
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zandor60657
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204 Messages
3 years ago
Wired > wireless. Personally I'd pull a cable from the router in the basement through the crawl space and up to a wall plate and jack in the room above, and plug the pod/access point into the ethernet cable.
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EG
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3 years ago
FWIW. The Xfi pods do not support ethernet backhaul.
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