Asking for some help in solving my home wifi speed/coverage problem.
I have a 4200 sq ft, 2 story home. ISP AT&T Fiber (1GB) with BGW210 Gateway. Home has a wired network with Netgear GS116 switch. On my previous wifi system, I had turned off the BGW210 wifi and use an Airport Extreme as my wifi router with an apple time capsule and express wired through the home network used as extenders. I had signal (albeit weak) all over the home including outside to Ring security cameras. Speeds were slow however so I decided to upgrade.
Bought a 3 device Eero 6+ MESH to upgrade/replace the previous wifi system. Had nothing but problems with the system. 5ghz worked great with 400+mbps speed test. Problem I was having was that range was horrible, 2.4ghz band was unusably slow and several 2.4ghz devices would not connect (ring security cameras mainly). Anything 5ghz was great if it was within range. Spent 3 days on the phone with their tech support. No solution. Only positive was that it was easy to get in touch with Eero tech support.
After 3 days of stress and being pissed off, went and bought DECO AXE5300 3 node MESH system. Having all the same issues, but 5hz coverage is much better but still does not cover my entire home. 2.4ghz signal is weaker than 5ghz and speeds <1mbps.
I am about ready to go back to my old system with the apple products, because at least all my devices would be in range and would connect.
Anybody got any suggestions as far as why the MESH 2.4ghz signal is unusably slow and does not have the range it should?
Also, if I go back to my old system can I turn on the wifi on the BGW210 and use all three apple products as extenders over my wired LAN?
Thanks for any help.
Nate
I have a 4200 sq ft, 2 story home. ISP AT&T Fiber (1GB) with BGW210 Gateway. Home has a wired network with Netgear GS116 switch. On my previous wifi system, I had turned off the BGW210 wifi and use an Airport Extreme as my wifi router with an apple time capsule and express wired through the home network used as extenders. I had signal (albeit weak) all over the home including outside to Ring security cameras. Speeds were slow however so I decided to upgrade.
Bought a 3 device Eero 6+ MESH to upgrade/replace the previous wifi system. Had nothing but problems with the system. 5ghz worked great with 400+mbps speed test. Problem I was having was that range was horrible, 2.4ghz band was unusably slow and several 2.4ghz devices would not connect (ring security cameras mainly). Anything 5ghz was great if it was within range. Spent 3 days on the phone with their tech support. No solution. Only positive was that it was easy to get in touch with Eero tech support.
After 3 days of stress and being pissed off, went and bought DECO AXE5300 3 node MESH system. Having all the same issues, but 5hz coverage is much better but still does not cover my entire home. 2.4ghz signal is weaker than 5ghz and speeds <1mbps.
I am about ready to go back to my old system with the apple products, because at least all my devices would be in range and would connect.
Anybody got any suggestions as far as why the MESH 2.4ghz signal is unusably slow and does not have the range it should?
Also, if I go back to my old system can I turn on the wifi on the BGW210 and use all three apple products as extenders over my wired LAN?
Thanks for any help.
Nate