Ok here's the situation. I have Comcast Blast internet plan which gives me 50/20 speeds. I recently had to move downstairs and no longer enjoy the speed I get from having my laptop connected via Ethernet. When I moved downstairs I was getting horrible speeds, from 43 Mbps to like 1.xx Mbps.
I then decided to upgrade my Asus N56U to an Asus AC-66U, also my modem Motorola SB6121 to SB6141. Also placed my modem and router to about the center of the house, as best as I could place it.
My speed improved, I now get from anywhere around 10-20 Mbps on download. My upload around 10 Mbps, but can drop to 1.xx Mbps as well. I'm still not satisfy. For some reason, I feel like it lags whenever I try to go to a site or watch a movie. As soon as it "starts" loading, it loads instantly after that if you know what I mean? Like it would take 3-4 seconds then instantly load the website or video.
I know it's not the range.....I mean I even hooked up an Asus repeater/extender and had it placed downstairs but I didn't see any improvements from that so I got rid of the repeater. The repeater was about 10-15 ft vertical down from the AC-66U. The repeater was less than 50 ft from my room downstairs.
My other solutions are the Powerline Network Adapter Kit or have Comcast come and run an Ethernet cable to my room downstairs. I just got the Actiontec powerline network kit from Amazon for $20 on its lightning deal so I may give that a try soon.
Comcast is coming to install additional outlets for upstairs soon so I told them to run an ethernet and they said not a problem. Install fee was the same either way. If tech were able to run an Ethernet from router to my room, can't I just get one of those Desktop Switch and share that Ethernet with the PS4 and laptop?
The AC-66U was set up using the default settings. Channnels are done by Auto, and nobody really uses the internet. I just want better speeds for my computer and PS4.
Thanks, I know a bit about the basics but never really got into anything beyond this.
I then decided to upgrade my Asus N56U to an Asus AC-66U, also my modem Motorola SB6121 to SB6141. Also placed my modem and router to about the center of the house, as best as I could place it.
My speed improved, I now get from anywhere around 10-20 Mbps on download. My upload around 10 Mbps, but can drop to 1.xx Mbps as well. I'm still not satisfy. For some reason, I feel like it lags whenever I try to go to a site or watch a movie. As soon as it "starts" loading, it loads instantly after that if you know what I mean? Like it would take 3-4 seconds then instantly load the website or video.
I know it's not the range.....I mean I even hooked up an Asus repeater/extender and had it placed downstairs but I didn't see any improvements from that so I got rid of the repeater. The repeater was about 10-15 ft vertical down from the AC-66U. The repeater was less than 50 ft from my room downstairs.
My other solutions are the Powerline Network Adapter Kit or have Comcast come and run an Ethernet cable to my room downstairs. I just got the Actiontec powerline network kit from Amazon for $20 on its lightning deal so I may give that a try soon.
Comcast is coming to install additional outlets for upstairs soon so I told them to run an ethernet and they said not a problem. Install fee was the same either way. If tech were able to run an Ethernet from router to my room, can't I just get one of those Desktop Switch and share that Ethernet with the PS4 and laptop?
The AC-66U was set up using the default settings. Channnels are done by Auto, and nobody really uses the internet. I just want better speeds for my computer and PS4.
Thanks, I know a bit about the basics but never really got into anything beyond this.
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