Stone House THICK walls - M5 Deco
HI All
I have a Deco M5 attached to a Sky router - 500mb. we then have a further 3 M5s throughout the house, currently none are hardwired.
Our house used to be two cottages and has been made one property so there is a very thick (3-4 foot) stone wall right down the middle.
I got some advice and was told to run an Ethernet cable from the main deco to one of the other ones on the other side of this wall which i have tried but it is now telling me that of the other two that are connected over WiFi are still showing a weak signal (20mb).
What do i do? It is driving me mad that i cant get decent coverage throughout the house.
Many thanks
Hi, Thank you very much for your update.
Is the network topology like this:
the bold yellow line means Ethernet cable, the dotted green line means Wi-Fi
Deco M5 is good enough for 500m/s and before updating to other models, we could try some other suggestions first:
1. Please check on the Deco APP to make sure the #2 is on the Ethernet backhaul and the network map on the Deco APP is like the above picture.
2. Since there is already a Sky router, please set Deco M5 into Access point mode.
How to set up Deco to work in Access Point mode
3. turn off the 2.4GHz band under the WiFi network on the Deco APP.
4. Test the wireless speed on the Deco #3 and #4 again to see how much 5ghz speed on these two Deco units.
Wait for your reply and best regards.
HI
So sorry it has taken so long to reply. I have set it up as you have pictured it. With regards the 2.4GHz is the section you are talking about in the Band section to the advanced WiFi settings? Do i just switch it to 5GHz only?
As i said it is set up as follows
- Main Deco (attached to the Sky Router) in the play room.
- Hardwired to this is the one in the Dining Room
- The one in the Boot Room is picking up its signal from the Dining Room and is showing a Weak signal
- Finally the one in the kitchen is picking up its signal from the main deco in the playroom and is also weak.
Your image is correct as to the set up except there is also a thick wall (originally an external wall) between the main deco and the kitchen.
On a sepperate note how do you upload images on this site?? It would be so much easier to explain if i could send you screenshots of the Deco app.
Thanks
John Russell
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Re:Stone House THICK walls - M5 Deco
Hi, Thank you very much for your update.
Is the network topology like this:
the bold yellow line means Ethernet cable, the dotted green line means Wi-Fi
Deco M5 is good enough for 500m/s and before updating to other models, we could try some other suggestions first:
1. Please check on the Deco APP to make sure the #2 is on the Ethernet backhaul and the network map on the Deco APP is like the above picture.
2. Since there is already a Sky router, please set Deco M5 into Access point mode.
How to set up Deco to work in Access Point mode
3. turn off the 2.4GHz band under the WiFi network on the Deco APP.
4. Test the wireless speed on the Deco #3 and #4 again to see how much 5ghz speed on these two Deco units.
Wait for your reply and best regards.
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