About 5 years ago, I deployed a Netgear Orbi mesh to my house. It wasn't the greatest solution but it worked for my needs. I have thick concrete walls and have a larger property. To give you an idea, it would drop from 300 mbps download speed to 100 mbps once I left my room where the main Orbi was located.
Over recent times, my download speeds outside of my room drops to 30 mbps when I leave the room. I haven't changed much other than add devices to my network. I have something like 50 things connecting to the Orbi at present. Could having that many devices on the network be the cause of the issue? I have a security system that is wireless but does not use the Orbi for any traffic whatsoever. Could interference from the security system be the issue?
I know you are going to say that we need to have wired drops for a network this size and to use Access Points. My problem with that is that there is no room to add a CAT-5e cable through existing conduit. If I wanted to add a wire, I would either need to run new conduit for the job or replace the existing conduit with a larger diameter one. Both of these are more than I can handle doing on my own and too costly at present to be able to hire out. I cannot just run a loose wire either due to creatures that have eaten through wires previously that were unprotected. Is there anything I could put on the wire that would discourage an animal from chewing?
Sorry for all the questions. I am just at a loss about what to do now. I have reset the Orbi, redone all the settings, and it hasn't improved things. Another thing that is a PITA for me is that the Orbi's security now requires a password length of 10 so I cannot reuse the previous password. With all the Echos I have, I have to go to each one and set it up all over again; there is no way to do a global password change on all Echo devices in the house.
Over recent times, my download speeds outside of my room drops to 30 mbps when I leave the room. I haven't changed much other than add devices to my network. I have something like 50 things connecting to the Orbi at present. Could having that many devices on the network be the cause of the issue? I have a security system that is wireless but does not use the Orbi for any traffic whatsoever. Could interference from the security system be the issue?
I know you are going to say that we need to have wired drops for a network this size and to use Access Points. My problem with that is that there is no room to add a CAT-5e cable through existing conduit. If I wanted to add a wire, I would either need to run new conduit for the job or replace the existing conduit with a larger diameter one. Both of these are more than I can handle doing on my own and too costly at present to be able to hire out. I cannot just run a loose wire either due to creatures that have eaten through wires previously that were unprotected. Is there anything I could put on the wire that would discourage an animal from chewing?
Sorry for all the questions. I am just at a loss about what to do now. I have reset the Orbi, redone all the settings, and it hasn't improved things. Another thing that is a PITA for me is that the Orbi's security now requires a password length of 10 so I cannot reuse the previous password. With all the Echos I have, I have to go to each one and set it up all over again; there is no way to do a global password change on all Echo devices in the house.
