Deco X50 added to P7+M5 system = much worse connection
Hello,
I was not happy with my P7 (x3) and M5 (x1) system and bought a X50 set made up of three units, thinking that the tri-band design would make for a leap in internet speed and connection stability.
When I measured my speed with Speedtest before adding the new equipment, it showed 48 Mbps download speed. When I replaced just one of the units by an X50, the speed went down to 24 Mbps. I then tried using just the new X50 units, but since speed was low, I ended up using the old equipment alongside the new: a total of seven units. Still internet speed is much lower than I used to have without the new equipment: I just measured it in the Deco app, and it shows 3.9 Mbps download and 0.9 Mbps upload!
I live in a three-storey house and the units are laid out as follows:
- ground floor: router and a X50;
- first floor: X50 + P7 + P7 + M5 spread out maximum widely;
- attic: X50 + P7. That's also where my computers are.
Sometimes the Deco app shows 2.2 Mbps download speed in the main X50 (near the router) but just 90 kbps or so in the other units. Why?
Also, while I appreciate the UI of the Deco app I hate that that it often shows one of the units as offline although they are physically in front of me and glowing green.
I am really not happy with the performance of the supposedly advanced (and much bulkier) X50 system, and am thinking of returning it for a refund while I still can. I only hate the thought of having to reconfigure the network with the original equipment again.
Any tips that I could test to improve things before that? I tried scanning the network in the Deco Lab (but it only tells me my network is OK for browsing), optimising Wifi channels - not much benefit...