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Hi,
I have used the Tether app to set up my tp-link, and it says the positioning is perfect. It is placed app. 5 m from the router and 2,3 m from my computer.
The router is from my ISP, and my subscription is for a 200 Mbit download connection, and the speed has been close to that, but with a less than perfect connection.
The tp-link provides stable connection but the speed has become 25-30 % slower. Is there any remedy for that?
I am uploading screenshots of speedtests with and without the RE305.
Kind regards
H-M
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Hi,
What are the wireless specifications of your router and the wireless network card of your computer?
If you are not sure, then maybe post the model names and numbers of both.
What you can try on the RE305 is to disable (switch off) the 2.4 GHz Host network connection to ensure the RE305 is using the 5 GHz band for the communication between itself and the router.
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@woozle Thanks for replying!
Yes, I am not sure what specifications you are asking for, but the router is a Technicolor, type cga4233-eu
The computer is a MacBook Pro, 13 inch 2018, Ventura 13.5.2
Cardtype: Wi-Fi (0x14E4, 0x7BF)
Firmware-version: wl0: Dec 9 2022 16:56:24 version 9.30.492.0.32.5.87 FWID 01-3a11ec19
I talked to an ISP support who suggested changing the channel on the RE305, but I can't find anything about that.
But then I might not need the tp-link after all, since I obtained much better signal strength just by moving the router a little bit out from behind some furniture!
Maybe I should have thought about that when experiencing that the tp-link didn't work halfway behind a cupboard - but I have had the router in that place for years without problems, until now when I got a new router.
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These type of wireless range extenders use the same channel that is used by the wireless network they are connected to.
So, if you want to change the channel you have to change it on the wireless router and then the range extender will just follow using the same channel.
The above is also the reason why the usable bandwidth is basically cut half when connecting through these range extenders versus connecting to the wireless router directly.
If it was possible to get a sufficiently good signal by moving the router, then this certainly the prefered solution.
Here are links to wireless specifications of your router and MacBook.
https://www<dot>technicolor<dot>com/sites/default/files/2018-11/MediaAccess%20CGA4233%20networked%20info%202018-09-03.pdf
https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/macbook-pro-wi-fi-specification-details-dep2ac3e3b51/web
According to that the CGA4233 router supports 3x3 MIMO on the 2.4 GHz band and 4x4 MIMO on the 5 GHz band. That MacBook also supports 3x3 MIMO. These numbers represent the number of data "streams" that can be sent in parallel (and also the number of antennas in use).
However, the RE305 is only 2x2, which means it is not able to utilize the full potential of the CGA4233 router and the MacBook. With hindsight the model RE450 (3x3) or even the RE650 (4x4) should have provided better speeds.
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@woozle Thank you very much for this technical insight!
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