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TP-Link range extender acting the maggot

the corpo · 2019-11-25 12:39:47

Apologies if this the wrong forum. Wifi extenders confound me, but I want to make sure's a problem before I start tinkering with it, or find out if I'm getting as good as I can expect. Have Virginmedia, with bad coverage upstairs, so bought a TP-LINK RE650. At the bottom of my stairs, where I intend to put the extender, I…

25-11-2019 01:39PM

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the corpo

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Apologies if this the wrong forum.

Wifi extenders confound me, but I want to make sure's a problem before I start tinkering with it, or find out if I'm getting as good as I can expect.

Have Virginmedia, with bad coverage upstairs, so bought a TP-LINK RE650.
At the bottom of my stairs, where I intend to put the extender, I would ordinarily get over a 100mb on a speedtest.

When I plug the extender in and do the test again the speeds drop dramatically to maybe 20mb. That can't be right, can it?

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#2 23-08-2020 05:16PM

as.eirinn

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...no expert either, have you set it up with your router and configured it with the app?

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