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Sorry for the delayed response as I have been away.
It looks like you have plenty of speed. In my opinion, being connected to Fiber has nothing to do with your problem.
I just read over the technical specifications of what I think is your router (the only data I could find was your model number with a "g" at the end. You moden does work at 2.5 GHz which does a good job of penetrating through walls.
I am wondering if a device like the one below would help. I have never had to use one, but ;lots of people like them.
just redid Speed Test and results were Download 43.62 Mbps Upload 44.47 Mbps
ATMC guy came out and spent 3 hours and advised us we are one of everyone in Ocean Ridge Plantation with this problem with upstairs having very weak reception. We need fiber optic to be set up in our section of Ocean Ridge, which will not happen, to resolve issue according to him. He suggested we buy a Night Hawk Router as a possible solution but they cost 350.00 and no guarantee it will resolve problem.
Believe it or not we have one of these as well at the foot of the stairs leading to upstairs. It has to be on the same floor as the router the ATMC guys said when he installed it.
Crazy...............
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Originally Posted by PilotPaul
Sorry for the delayed response as I have been away.
It looks like you have plenty of speed. In my opinion, being connected to Fiber has nothing to do with your problem.
I just read over the technical specifications of what I think is your router (the only data I could find was your model number with a "g" at the end. You moden does work at 2.5 GHz which does a good job of penetrating through walls.
I am wondering if a device like the one below would help. I have never had to use one, but ;lots of people like them.
In Post #9 you said you got 43MBPS download speed. Assuming that was using the upstairs computer, that's certainly sufficient to stream TV.
If you watch a YouTube video on the upstairs computer (in the same room as the TV?), does it work OK or does it frequently stall while buffering? I'm asking this to try to determine if the problem is the WiFi signal or not.
Have you tried to plug it in upstairs just to see what happens? If it does not work you can always plug it in downstairs.
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Originally Posted by biscman
Paul
Believe it or not we have one of these as well at the foot of the stairs leading to upstairs. It has to be on the same floor as the router the ATMC guys said when he installed it.
Put the repeater on the second floor directly above wherever the router is located on the first floor. It just needs a good signal to repeat.
Your problem has nothing to do with the transport medium and fiber would not change a thing. There's too many people using wifi in too small an area and the band is congested. It's akin to trying to speak to a person in a room with a bunch of other people talking. You can't hear each other over the many other voices.
A higher end router like a Nighthawk would go a long way toward solving the problem. I solved it in my own house with a TP-Link Archer C9. The Nighthawk was more than I wanted to spend. You want something that handles 5.8GHz as well as 2.4GHz as 5.8 is a bit less congested.
If you get a higher end router, play around with the antenna orientation too, as it can make a huge difference.
OK Biscy, so our house is 5000 sq ft with bedroom suites and theater / game / pool room upstairs, with Time Warner Cable ( which I am quite happy with, but now using Roku exclusively for 8 TV's, returned ALL the cable boxes for HUGE, HUGE savings ..... but with the Roku units now necessitating an even stronger WiFi for the streaming signal ), wasn't getting strong enough WiFi upstairs and furthest parts of the house from the router entry point, spotty WiFi, Roku reception was blinking, etc.
Tried a few different "WiFi extenders/boosters" like the Netgear mentioned...... nothing !
Extensive research and conversations with various electronic / theater / Audio / TV installers led me to the "Ubiquiti UniFi AC HD". If you search the reviews for it, it is one of the best / most powerful units out there.
Lists for $350, bought it for $79 on Amazon... installed it ( plugged it in and programmed it ) and now we get full / strong WiFi signal all over the house including the entire upstairs and back yard.... Roku streaming perfectly...... very happy campers.
OK Biscy, so our house is 5000 sq ft with bedroom suites and theater / game / pool room upstairs, with Time Warner Cable ( which I am quite happy with, but now using Roku exclusively for 8 TV's, returned ALL the cable boxes for HUGE, HUGE savings ..... but with the Roku units now necessitating an even stronger WiFi for the streaming signal ), wasn't getting strong enough WiFi upstairs and furthest parts of the house from the router entry point, spotty WiFi, Roku reception was blinking, etc.
Tried a few different "WiFi extenders/boosters" like the Netgear mentioned...... nothing !
Extensive research and conversations with various electronic / theater / Audio / TV installers led me to the "Ubiquiti UniFi AC HD". If you search the reviews for it, it is one of the best / most powerful units out there.
Lists for $350, bought it for $79 on Amazon... installed it ( plugged it in and programmed it ) and now we get full / strong WiFi signal all over the house including the entire upstairs and back yard.... Roku streaming perfectly...... very happy campers.
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