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Originally Posted by jyl
My house is two stories, each about 1000 sf, a finished attic third floor of about 600 sf, and a basement of 1000 sf that we use a lot. It is a “four square”, so basically a box, 111 year old wood frame construction. The cable modem is on the first floor, at one corner of the house in the kitchen, where there are big metal things (fridge, hood, etc). I’ve tried various locations for the satellite, on different levels.
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This might be your problem. We struggled with the same issues you point out above. I tried everything. Repeaters, mesh systems, etc. When Covid hit and all the sudden I'm working from home and three kids are doing school from home, it was completely unacceptable. My daughter's room would see less than 15 MBPS sometimes. I talked to my oldest son who is an IT genius and he said that WiFi routers work best if they are up higher. I ordered a 100 ft Cat 5 cable and temporarily moved the exact same router we had been having trouble with from the first floor (near the kitchen) to the second floor. Problem solved. We did speed tests in every room (with multiple devices) before and after and in each case, the "after" speeds were much higher. The router now lives in a linen closet in the hallway on the second floor of the house.
That's all it took. I now routinely see 450 MBPS download in most areas of my 3200 sq ft house.
Try some experimenting with moving the router around.