Deco M9+ not doing it for me - why?
I just bought the 3x set of M9+ in hopes to fix my signal strength issues over short distances - but it's no different than with a standard router.
We have 350mbps service and I'm only trying to get that full signal from my family room media center (1st floor) to my office (1st floor) about 50' away. It's a new construction 2 story house in CA.
Ookla Speed Test (desktop version on a top end iMac) shows poor strength (70-120mbps) with the main unit being in the family room and satellite in the office - connected vie ethernet. The TP iPhone App shows good strengh in the speed test - but it is reporting from the MAIN unit - not the furthest satellite.
So I put another satellite (#3) about 1/2 way between - 25' from the main - and another 25' to the furthest one in the office. Almost no difference. This is not what I was expecting at all.
I suppose I could reverse the two and put the main unit in the office and farthest satellite in the family room and test again with a 3' wifi or direct ethernet connection it's sure to be good (so would a standard router!) - but I'm planning on connecting an ethernet switch, VOIP, media server and other things so wanted to try to keep all the electronics in the media center (family room).
The only thing that would give me over a standard router is a place to connect the ethernet switch on the satellite end.
Very disappointed and not sure if it's worth keeping. Maybe for the extra Ethernet port on the receiving end. Any suggestions before I return it would be apreciated.