Hi - long-time and frequent reader, infrequent poster, here -
I've just had Frontier 1Gbps service installed for our home and I also upgraded my network card with one that has external antennas, but I'm still getting crummy speed (33 Mbps upload max and 18 Mbps download speed, max - which seems ridiculous - should at least be 120 Mbps) on my bedroom desktop PC, which is connected through said network card.
The distance from the router to the PC is about 30 feet and there is a TV between them & usually the door is closed out of necessity, due to my wife's work.
My current plan is to get an extension cable for the two antennas that my new network card has coming out of the expansion slot this should remove any interference from the TV. I might also consider mounting the router at the end of our kitchen counter, but that will only get us about 5 feet closer and we'll still have the door interfering with the signal.
What I'd like to what kind of options I have to boost the router signal, outside of replacing the router, itself? Seems to me that a repeater on the computer side of the door might not improve things so much (particularly since there would then be a filled dresser between them), but I'm open to suggestions.
Here are my specs:
HP Pavilion 590-p0007c Desktop Computer
Motherboard: Lincs Customized Form Factor
CPU: Intel i7-8700
RAM 12GB DDR4-2666 PC4-21300
Hard Drive: 1TB
Graphics Card: Radeon RX 550
NETWORK CARD: Fenvi FV-AXE210NG Wi-Fi 6E Desktop Kit Wireless Adapter Bluetooth 5.2 + 3000Mbps 2.4Ghz 5Ghz 6Ghz M.2 2230 Key E With Intel AX210 AX210NGW 802.11ax/ac Support MU-MIMO OFDMA Windows 10 With 6Dbi Antenna Set
ROUTER: ARRIS NVG468MQ (2021/07) Frontier
We have 4 different PCs that we use with the router, plus a ChromeCast unit and 3 Android phones:
Mac Powerbook (my wife, connected via ethernet cable)
HP Pavilion 590-p0007c desktop (Master Bedroom, WiFi)
HP Pavilion 590-0070 (Kitchen, ethernet cable)
HP Pavilion 13t-bb000 Laptop (WiFi)
ChromeCast
2 Moto G Power (2021)
1 LG K30
Thank you for your time and attention - hoping for some help!
Pax, harmonia,
Brian G. Philbin
I've just had Frontier 1Gbps service installed for our home and I also upgraded my network card with one that has external antennas, but I'm still getting crummy speed (33 Mbps upload max and 18 Mbps download speed, max - which seems ridiculous - should at least be 120 Mbps) on my bedroom desktop PC, which is connected through said network card.
The distance from the router to the PC is about 30 feet and there is a TV between them & usually the door is closed out of necessity, due to my wife's work.
My current plan is to get an extension cable for the two antennas that my new network card has coming out of the expansion slot this should remove any interference from the TV. I might also consider mounting the router at the end of our kitchen counter, but that will only get us about 5 feet closer and we'll still have the door interfering with the signal.
What I'd like to what kind of options I have to boost the router signal, outside of replacing the router, itself? Seems to me that a repeater on the computer side of the door might not improve things so much (particularly since there would then be a filled dresser between them), but I'm open to suggestions.
Here are my specs:
HP Pavilion 590-p0007c Desktop Computer
Motherboard: Lincs Customized Form Factor
CPU: Intel i7-8700
RAM 12GB DDR4-2666 PC4-21300
Hard Drive: 1TB
Graphics Card: Radeon RX 550
NETWORK CARD: Fenvi FV-AXE210NG Wi-Fi 6E Desktop Kit Wireless Adapter Bluetooth 5.2 + 3000Mbps 2.4Ghz 5Ghz 6Ghz M.2 2230 Key E With Intel AX210 AX210NGW 802.11ax/ac Support MU-MIMO OFDMA Windows 10 With 6Dbi Antenna Set
ROUTER: ARRIS NVG468MQ (2021/07) Frontier
We have 4 different PCs that we use with the router, plus a ChromeCast unit and 3 Android phones:
Mac Powerbook (my wife, connected via ethernet cable)
HP Pavilion 590-p0007c desktop (Master Bedroom, WiFi)
HP Pavilion 590-0070 (Kitchen, ethernet cable)
HP Pavilion 13t-bb000 Laptop (WiFi)
ChromeCast
2 Moto G Power (2021)
1 LG K30
Thank you for your time and attention - hoping for some help!
Pax, harmonia,
Brian G. Philbin
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