Modem: Cisco DPC3825
Router: Linksys 3200
Powerline: Netgear xe102 (v1)
ISP: Shaw [Canadian] (50mbps down / 5mbps down)
Devices connected to router at any given time: 10-20
Hello,
After trying every possible form of troubleshooting that I could think of and/or Google, I am turning to this forum for some advice. I am currently experiencing issues with my home's network that has started in the last 6 months and has slowly deteriorated over time. Speed decreasing and fluctuating signals throughout the house.
I am aware that there are severe dead zones in my house and one of the things I tried to do is set up a powerline connection to my basement. My router, modem, and a powerline adapter connected to the router are located in my office on the main floor of the house on the opposite side of the basement room that I am trying to connect to. We have concrete floors and lots of hot water piping that interferes with the signal. As it stands at the moment, my router can pipe to the basement about 2mbps down and 0.5 up at max with lots of signal drop. I thought the best solution would be to plug in a powerline adapter to get a more direct/stronger signal to my basement, but I still only get roughly 2mbps down and 3 up. So I went to check the signal coming out of my router in the same port with the same cord to my laptop and I was getting upwards of 50mbps down and roughly 3.5 down. I tried all 4 Ethernet ports on my router with 3 different Ethernet cords and still only 2mbps down through the powerline. So I went to try a different power socket, one in the same room as the router and I was only able reach speeds of around 24mbps down.
Now, my router has a weak signal, I do not know if this is due to it not being a very good router or if it is that my house is where signals go to die. In the same room sitting next to the router (on a laptop) I get a steady 40-45mbps down. If I were to walk merely just outside of the room I lose over 50% of the signal. If I go one room further, the speeds are getting into low single digit mbps territory. And the signal is never steady. It can go from 20mbps to 1mbps in seconds. and stay in each state respectively for long periods of time. During these fluctuations of signal there is no extra throttling, interference, or devices straining the router.
My main goal of asking for help here is to setup a stable connection to my basement (dead zone) as I would like to turn the room into an entertainment room with game consoles and a media PC.
Any thoughts on what the weak link(s) in my network are and what I can do to improve it are much appreciated! (bonus points for recommending specific hardware to replace the weak link(s) as I have no clue to what is considered a good product when it comes to networking.
Thanks in advance, Mike
Router: Linksys 3200
Powerline: Netgear xe102 (v1)
ISP: Shaw [Canadian] (50mbps down / 5mbps down)
Devices connected to router at any given time: 10-20
Hello,
After trying every possible form of troubleshooting that I could think of and/or Google, I am turning to this forum for some advice. I am currently experiencing issues with my home's network that has started in the last 6 months and has slowly deteriorated over time. Speed decreasing and fluctuating signals throughout the house.
I am aware that there are severe dead zones in my house and one of the things I tried to do is set up a powerline connection to my basement. My router, modem, and a powerline adapter connected to the router are located in my office on the main floor of the house on the opposite side of the basement room that I am trying to connect to. We have concrete floors and lots of hot water piping that interferes with the signal. As it stands at the moment, my router can pipe to the basement about 2mbps down and 0.5 up at max with lots of signal drop. I thought the best solution would be to plug in a powerline adapter to get a more direct/stronger signal to my basement, but I still only get roughly 2mbps down and 3 up. So I went to check the signal coming out of my router in the same port with the same cord to my laptop and I was getting upwards of 50mbps down and roughly 3.5 down. I tried all 4 Ethernet ports on my router with 3 different Ethernet cords and still only 2mbps down through the powerline. So I went to try a different power socket, one in the same room as the router and I was only able reach speeds of around 24mbps down.
Now, my router has a weak signal, I do not know if this is due to it not being a very good router or if it is that my house is where signals go to die. In the same room sitting next to the router (on a laptop) I get a steady 40-45mbps down. If I were to walk merely just outside of the room I lose over 50% of the signal. If I go one room further, the speeds are getting into low single digit mbps territory. And the signal is never steady. It can go from 20mbps to 1mbps in seconds. and stay in each state respectively for long periods of time. During these fluctuations of signal there is no extra throttling, interference, or devices straining the router.
My main goal of asking for help here is to setup a stable connection to my basement (dead zone) as I would like to turn the room into an entertainment room with game consoles and a media PC.
Any thoughts on what the weak link(s) in my network are and what I can do to improve it are much appreciated! (bonus points for recommending specific hardware to replace the weak link(s) as I have no clue to what is considered a good product when it comes to networking.
Thanks in advance, Mike
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