Bad, slow network access

[jnojr]

Where we live right now, wifi SUCKS. 2.4GHz is incredibly crowded. I got a Netgear WAC-104 to be able to use 5GHz, but even that has problems. I tried a pair of powerline adapters, and they're even slower than the wifi. Crappy wiring or crappy tech, I don't know.

Short of having Ethernet run (which would be expensive and probably not worth how much longer we'll be here), is there any other alternative?

 

[jrrdmchls]

Can you explain what you mean by "wifi sucks"? Is your connection strength low?

 

[jnojr]

Can you explain what you mean by "wifi sucks"? Is your connection strength low?

Yes, low signal strength and miserable throughput. Like around 3Mb/s

 

[jrrdmchls]

If you signal strength is low I would guess that's why your throughput is bad. Can you move your Router to a better location? If your signal strength is low on 2.4 ghz, 5ghz travels even shorter distances.

 

[msholind]

Where we live right now, wifi SUCKS. 2.4GHz is incredibly crowded. I got a Netgear WAC-104 to be able to use 5GHz, but even that has problems. I tried a pair of powerline adapters, and they're even slower than the wifi. Crappy wiring or crappy tech, I don't know.

Short of having Ethernet run (which would be expensive and probably not worth how much longer we'll be here), is there any other alternative?

I just had serious issues with Netgear WAC-104 and found the following thread on their site:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Business-Wireless/WAC104-has-low-performance-rates/td-p/1314972

Seems the two most recent WAC-104 firmware releases suck (v1.0.4.8 and v1.0.4.9). I was getting, at best, 8Mbps throughout via wireless, both with 2.4GHz and 5GHz. As the post suggested, I downloaded the initial firmware (v1.0.4.1) and my throughput immediately jumped to 77Mbps.

Kinda shitty that Netgear tech support folks didn't really offer to solve the issue but the user in the post solved it himself. And then told the user to submit a bug report.....