I have a Linksys velop (dual band) system in my house. The main unit is in my office (room over the garage on one side of the house), then I located one other node on the opposite side upstairs and one node downstairs. The house is not that large (2100 sf) but the layout is such that the 3 are in somewhat distinct areas of the house.
When I first set it up, I used the app to determine optimal location of the 2nd and 3rd nodes. However, I'm noticing poor performance especially downstairs. For example:
I did some speed testing tonight and here is what I found:
So, as you can see, there is a big drop from wired to wireless and also a really big drop going to the room where the other node (not primary is located).
I'm primarily interested in deciding if I should:
Or, if there are other steps I can take to troubleshoot. However, what concerns me is the big drop in performance even in the same room as the main node. It seems to me that even if I add another node, it may not make that big of a difference.
Thanks in advance!
When I first set it up, I used the app to determine optimal location of the 2nd and 3rd nodes. However, I'm noticing poor performance especially downstairs. For example:
- In the same room as the main unit/modem, I had to set the Roku to 720 because video would freeze at 1080.
- Downstairs, video will often freeze and devices frequently give the "no internet" error. The downstairs node has also recently been showing the orange light (too far from other nodes).
I did some speed testing tonight and here is what I found:
- Desktop PC (connected via ethernet to main node): 274 up/ 38 down
- Phone (same room as main node): 59 up/ 35 down
- Phone (downstairs where coverage is the biggest issue): 7 up/ down
So, as you can see, there is a big drop from wired to wireless and also a really big drop going to the room where the other node (not primary is located).
I'm primarily interested in deciding if I should:
- add another node
- replace this with a different mesh system
Or, if there are other steps I can take to troubleshoot. However, what concerns me is the big drop in performance even in the same room as the main node. It seems to me that even if I add another node, it may not make that big of a difference.
Thanks in advance!