Michael Russell
New Around Here
Hi
I have moved into an apartment that has concrete walls (it's common in Asia).
I have my old Netgear WNDR3700 running dd-wrt, but the signal seems to drop off very quickly. I am using a MacBook Pro that has 11n (450mbps max I think).
Next to the router in the same room, the link speed is 270mbps on 5ghz, dropping a little occasionally but stays well above 200mbps.
Even just a few meters through the door to the living area and the link speed drops to ~ 150mbps and on the sofa can drop down to 80mbps.
I am really noticing the slow file transfers and have to get up and move next to the router.
The Netgear has internal antennas, so I am wondering if moving to a router with external antennas would help with penetrating the walls.
Ideally I would be looking for a router capable of N450 on 5ghz as my laptop is not AC.
N routers don't seem to be updated anymore, so it looks like I would be better going for AC, but to get N450 I would need to go for AC1750? These seem quite expensive considering I won't be using AC at all.
Does anyone have experience dealing with concrete walls?
I have moved into an apartment that has concrete walls (it's common in Asia).
I have my old Netgear WNDR3700 running dd-wrt, but the signal seems to drop off very quickly. I am using a MacBook Pro that has 11n (450mbps max I think).
Next to the router in the same room, the link speed is 270mbps on 5ghz, dropping a little occasionally but stays well above 200mbps.
Even just a few meters through the door to the living area and the link speed drops to ~ 150mbps and on the sofa can drop down to 80mbps.
I am really noticing the slow file transfers and have to get up and move next to the router.
The Netgear has internal antennas, so I am wondering if moving to a router with external antennas would help with penetrating the walls.
Ideally I would be looking for a router capable of N450 on 5ghz as my laptop is not AC.
N routers don't seem to be updated anymore, so it looks like I would be better going for AC, but to get N450 I would need to go for AC1750? These seem quite expensive considering I won't be using AC at all.
Does anyone have experience dealing with concrete walls?