Pete, I can’t emphasise strongly enough that if you can install an ethernet link between your basestations you should do this. It will provide the best level of service as the apple wireless extension system uses some of the available bandwidth just to establish the service, leaving less for actual use. Have a read of this guide from Apple
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202056 I have two Airport extremes, one at each end of my house on an ethernet backbone, which provide very good blanket coverage to all rooms. I also have wireless links to an tv and and Airport Express which just stream sound and AV services so speed ids not an issue. My problem is the the ADSL service that tops out at 0.5MB/s. robin > On 9 Nov 2017, at 12:19 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks, I have NBN at my house (FTTP) and I purchased a 100mbps download plan. > I’ve noted before on the group here I NEVER get that downoad speed even when > connected via ethernet to the NBN modem in my house. More like 65mbps is the > best I’ve seen. So I am starting from a poistion of not being entirely happy > with this service. > > To the NBN modem, I have my Time Capsule attached to which the users in the > house all connect to the 5GHz network emanating from it. It is located in a > room immediately adjacent to the living area for best service but has a wall > between that room and the living area. I get ~35mbps using the iPhone > Speedtest app when in the living area. > > My Dad handed me down an Airport Express some time back which I set up as an > extender (in number 2 son’s room) to the TC Wifi network and didn’t really > pay much attention to the download rate before or after that. > > My kids from their rooms have been saying service is lousy down their end of > the house - approximately 20m down the hall but numerous walls between the TC > and their rooms. Last night I checked and in one room (number 1 son - across > the hall from #2 son with extender in his room) I got 0.3 mbps (correct - 0.3 > mbps). In number 2 son’s room I got ~0.9mbps. So confirming their “lousy > service” assertions. I did some online searching and others report similar > experiences with extenders not really helping the situation. But maybe my > settings are not optimal as they should be and room for improvement there. > > Some of the people online who have experienced this have recommended either a > long ethernet cable to physically connect the extender to the base OR an > ethernet over power cabling device. > > Does anyone have any wisdom on this and recommended actions. I am happy to > spend money to fix the problem but want to target expenditure to the right > solution. > > Regards > > > Pete > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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