Wifi mesh systems

Soarer · 04-01-2021 06:23PM

degsie wrote: »

I have mine set up in AP mode and use a third party router and get near full speeds on VM.

Great help that!

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

What speeds are you getting, and what speed is your broadband?

If you have very fast broadband (500mbps, 1gbps), realistically you're not going to get those kinds of speeds over wifi no matter what.

I have 1gbps and I'm getting around 90mbps through the Deco.
I have a guest Deco network set up too, to test things just using the 5GHz signal. Same speed.
When I stand next to my modem, which the first Deco node is attached), I can get ~500mbps on the modem's 5GHz network.

Uriel. · 04-01-2021 10:40PM

Have any one tried or used the orbi WiFi 6 system - the main one (think it's the 6,000 series)

Is it worth the premium price?
And what is wired speed like on the satellite?

Gooey Looey · 04-01-2021 10:44PM

funkey_monkey wrote: »

52Mbps beside the router at the comms cupboard. 40Mbps using the AP in bedroom.

Are you sure you're connected to the 5ghz radio

DrPhilG · 04-01-2021 11:09PM

Ahhh, this is a thing of beauty!

Cyrus · 04-01-2021 11:36PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Ahhh, this is a thing of beauty!

Great did you get to the root of the issue?

Gooey Looey · 05-01-2021 12:52AM

funkey_monkey wrote: »

5G in that room with the AP which returns 51Mbps.
In my bedroom the 5G drops out and switches to 2G which is how I end up with 42Mbps.

I have noticed that the switching into the AP is not smooth. I have to disable and then enable the wireless on my phone to connect to it. Must have set up wrong.

With access points the handover to a new ap is a decision made by the client devices, there are settings you can change on the ap to help with this, like at what signal your client device is told to bugger off and look for a new ap. You may even need to lower your signal if the ap overlap signals are too high

DrPhilG · 05-01-2021 05:01AM

Cyrus wrote: »

Great did you get to the root of the issue?

Blind luck I suspect.

Got a list of things to try, killing the Sky 1 wifi broadcast, reduced the power on the 2g network then rebooted the lot and its working.

I ain't touching another thing in case I break it again.

Although I do have to recrimp the cables on the garage line to try and fix the 100mb limit.

Soarer · 05-01-2021 01:17PM

Soarer wrote: »

I have 1gbps and I'm getting around 90mbps through the Deco.
I have a guest Deco network set up too, to test things just using the 5GHz signal. Same speed.
When I stand next to my modem, which the first Deco node is attached, I can get ~500mbps on the modem's 5GHz network with my phone.

Anyone?

tobdom · 05-01-2021 01:40PM

Soarer wrote: »

Anyone?

You should have the wireless network disabled on your router and let the Deco only do the WiFi, try that to see if it makes a difference.

neddynasty · 05-01-2021 03:29PM

Soarer wrote: »

I have 1gbps and I'm getting around 90mbps through the Deco.
I have a guest Deco network set up too, to test things just using the 5GHz signal. Same speed.
When I stand next to my modem, which the first Deco node is attached), I can get ~500mbps on the modem's 5GHz network.

I had something similar with my Linksys system. Turned out the cat6 cable I was using, which connected the router to the primary Linksys node, was defective and it was acting like a cat5 cable and limiting speed to a max of 100mbs. I went a bought a new one and bingo, wifi speeds of 400mb+.

Soarer · 05-01-2021 03:43PM

tobdom wrote: »

You should have the wireless network disabled on your router and let the Deco only do the WiFi, try that to see if it makes a difference.

Tried it, no difference.

In my limited knowledge, I think I’ve done all the trouble shooting I can.

Soarer · 05-01-2021 03:44PM

neddynasty wrote: »

I had something similar with my Linksys system. Turned out the cat6 cable I was using, which connected the router to the primary Linksys node, was defective and it was acting like a cat5 cable and limiting speed to a max of 100mbs. I went a bought a new one and bingo, wifi speeds of 400mb+.

Have swapped the cable too.
Using a 1m cat7 cable.
And have swapped the node.

DeadSkin · 05-01-2021 03:55PM

Soarer wrote: »

Have swapped the cable too.
Using a 1m cat7 cable.
And have swapped the node.

Is the Deco Operation Mode set up as Access Point?

Soarer · 05-01-2021 04:28PM

DeadSkin wrote: »

Is the Deco Operation Mode set up as Access Point?

Yup

Soarer · 05-01-2021 04:32PM

My Xbox connected to the modem gets between 800-850mbps.
When I hardwire the Xbox through the deco, I still only get between 90-95mbps.

Cyrus · 05-01-2021 04:41PM

Soarer wrote: »

My Xbox connected to the modem gets between 800-850mbps.
When I hardwire the Xbox through the deco, I still only get between 90-95mbps.

a lot of people with similar issues it seems, this thread may help

https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/152513?page=4

one person gave this as a solution

1. open Deco app

2. Tap More tab

3. Under Homecare tap QoS

4. Scroll to the bottom and tap on "Edit" next to Total Bandwidth:

5. Click on "Test"

6. If tested speed is your total ISP output click "Save" an your done.

*Note what the displayed bandwidth is before you edit to see if there is a major change.

DeadSkin · 05-01-2021 05:54PM

Cyrus wrote: »

a lot of people with similar issues it seems, this thread may help

https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/152513?page=4

one person gave this as a solution

1. open Deco app

2. Tap More tab

3. Under Homecare tap QoS

4. Scroll to the bottom and tap on "Edit" next to Total Bandwidth:

5. Click on "Test"

6. If tested speed is your total ISP output click "Save" an your done.

*Note what the displayed bandwidth is before you edit to see if there is a major change.

QoS is not supported under Access Point operation.

dam099 · 05-01-2021 06:44PM

Soarer wrote: »

My Xbox connected to the modem gets between 800-850mbps.
When I hardwire the Xbox through the deco, I still only get between 90-95mbps.

Which Deco model do you have? Really sounds like the ethernet link is capped at 100Mbs so if you have changed the cable and no improvement then maybe you have a model like the E4 that only has a 10/100 ethernet port? I nearly made the mistake of buying one of those on Amazon as the price difference was minimal and I missed the difference in specs.

Soarer · 05-01-2021 07:06PM

Cyrus wrote: »

a lot of people with similar issues it seems, this thread may help

https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/152513?page=4

one person gave this as a solution

1. open Deco app

2. Tap More tab

3. Under Homecare tap QoS

4. Scroll to the bottom and tap on "Edit" next to Total Bandwidth:

5. Click on "Test"

6. If tested speed is your total ISP output click "Save" an your done.

*Note what the displayed bandwidth is before you edit to see if there is a major change.

DeadSkin wrote: »

QoS is not supported under Access Point operation.

Thanks Cyrus.

I don't have the QoS option in my Deco app, so I can only assume it's not available under AP as DeadSkin suggests.

dam099 wrote: »

Which Deco model do you have? Really sounds like the ethernet link is capped at 100Mbs so if you have changed the cable and no improvement then maybe you have a model like the E4 that only has a 10/100 ethernet port? I nearly made the mistake of buying one of those on Amazon as the price difference was minimal and I missed the difference in specs.

Have the M4.

It does sound like the ports are 10/100 as opposed to gigabit. My tv's port is 10/100, and I get between 90-95mbps with that being hardwired too.

Aquos76 · 05-01-2021 07:14PM

The M4 are definitely 1000, I have a set and I regularly get 400mb WiFi speeds with me. All of mine are Ethernet backhaul.

Soarer · 05-01-2021 09:36PM

Aquos76 wrote: »

The M4 are definitely 1000, I have a set and I regularly get 400mb WiFi speeds with me. All of mine are Ethernet backhaul.

I'm not saying they're not.

Mine just seem capped at 100mbps for some reason.

As another test, I connected my Sky box to the deco via ethernet.
Normally I get over 400mbps on the Sky box when tested through the Netflix app.
When I tested the Deco? 92mbps.

DrPhilG · 05-01-2021 09:43PM

Cyrus wrote: »

no they shouldnt but you are correct that one is connected at 100fdx not 1000fdx so the speed on that AP is limited

Gooey Looey wrote: »

Disconnect it, bring it to the router and plug in using Ethernet cable to see if it connects at full speed. You may have a bad c connector or a damaged core on the cable to the shed

Well lookie here...

I had to reconnect the myenergi hub in the garage, which needs a wired connection. Previously I had a Tenda node out there which has a secondary port so I plugged into that.

Last night I just ditched the hub temporarily and used the long (dodgy) cable direct to the Unifi AP.

Tonight I got hold of a 4 port switch, so the dodgy cable is now going into the switch rather than the AP.

Then have 2 short cables from the switch, 1 into the poe injector, 1 into the myenergi hub.

And a final short cat-6 from the injector into the AP.

And voila, no longer showing the 100mb limit plus I'm getting these speeds.

Gooey Looey · 05-01-2021 10:00PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Well lookie here...

I had to reconnect the myenergi hub in the garage, which needs a wired connection. Previously I had a Tenda node out there which has a secondary port so I plugged into that.

Last night I just ditched the hub temporarily and used the long (dodgy) cable direct to the Unifi AP.

Tonight I got hold of a 4 port switch, so the dodgy cable is now going into the switch rather than the AP.

Then have 2 short cables from the switch, 1 into the poe injector, 1 into the myenergi hub.

And a final short cat-6 from the injector into the AP.

And voila, no longer showing the 100mb limit plus I'm getting these speeds.

You'll live with that

DrPhilG · 05-01-2021 10:05PM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

You'll live with that

I'll cope...

Until 2 years ago the strongest wifi signal I could get was when standing in the hallway underneath the router.

And it was a lofty 3mb...

DrPhilG · 06-01-2021 10:48AM

If anyone wants to dip their toes into the mesh game, I now have a 3 pack and a 2 pack of Tenda Nova MW6 that I'm not using.

Does boards have a classified adverts area?

Bluefoam · 06-01-2021 10:49AM

DrPhilG wrote: »

If anyone wants to dip their toes into the mesh game, I now have a 3 pack and a 2 pack of Tenda Nova MW6 that I'm not using.

Does boards have a classified adverts area?

yes... it's called adverts.ie

54and56 · 06-01-2021 10:53AM

54and56 wrote: »

One more question:-

I operate a home office so have Virgin business broadband and as part of that I've 5 static IP addresses from them. I only use one of them and it's allocated to the existing ASUS router (connected by Ethernet to the Virgin Modem) as the WAN IP address.

I can't quite recall the reason for or benefits of having a static IP address set as the WAN IP address but I guess I should replicate the static IP address as the WAN address on the TT Mesh system?

If anyone has any suggestions for using the other 4 static IP addresses I currently don't use I'm all ears!!

Anyone got any thoughts on the static IP issue I have?

Gooey Looey · 06-01-2021 07:53PM

54and56 wrote: »

Anyone got any thoughts on the static IP issue I have?

What you've got is a /29 subnet with 6 hosts. If you don't have a use for them it doesn't matter. Businesses use them for internet facing services, web, vpn, voip etc. If you are hosting stuff at home it could come in useful to have this on a different public IP, Plex or Emby maybe?

Debs91 · 06-01-2021 11:34PM

Cyrus wrote: »

Best way is to run cat6 cabling to the locations , if you can’t do that either power line adapters or a decent WiFi mesh system (google one or similar )

I found the power line adapter amiss too unfortunately, looks like it’s the mesh system.

Soarer · 06-01-2021 11:40PM

Cyrus wrote: »

a lot of people with similar issues it seems, this thread may help

https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/152513?page=4

one person gave this as a solution

1. open Deco app

2. Tap More tab

3. Under Homecare tap QoS

4. Scroll to the bottom and tap on "Edit" next to Total Bandwidth:

5. Click on "Test"

6. If tested speed is your total ISP output click "Save" an your done.

*Note what the displayed bandwidth is before you edit to see if there is a major change.

Right.
Don’t know whether this will make a mess of things or not, but...
I changed the mode of the Deco from AP to Router Mode.
Same speed.
Then did the thing above with the editing the bandwidth, changing both to 1000.
Seems to have opened things up a bit.

Sitting here in the sitting room, across the hall from the modem and node 1, and I’m getting around 140mbps through the Deco network.
Switching to the modem’s 5GHz and running the Speedtest, I’m getting 375mbps.
So I’m finally breaking the 100mbps barrier on the Decos, but still at a fraction of the Eir network.

Anything else I could try?

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