Try the Unifi Amplifi mesh system. Wifi extenders rarely work unless they’re the more expensive mesh types. _ Regards Sam Mullen
+44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> i...@macambulance.com <mailto:i...@macambulance.com> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 20 Sep 2020, at 17:19, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group > <smug@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi Smuggers, > > I've had a lot of powerline adaptors over the years and they rarely last more > than about 15 months before they stop working (I gather this is usually a > transistor) so I thought this time I would instead get a decent router to use > as a wireless extnder instead. I probably should have asked here first for > recommendations (!) but looked at a lot of reviews instead and I got the ASUS > RT-AX56U. > > After five hours of swearing at it and resetting it I finally got it to > actually work (in the technical sense) by bypassing the automatic web-based > set up but it's giving a trickle. The Virgin Hub gives 112 Mbps over wireless > but the network from the Asus gives 0.03 (when it doesn't time out with an > error). > > Either the Virgin hub is unhappy about sharing its connection or the router > is somehow faulty and I'm not sure how to tell. any suggestions before I box > it up and send it back, and order yet another doomed Powerline (seems a > horrible waste of plastic...)? > > Cheers, > J > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3002DF60-7C4C-4A75-9DF3-9671002813CF%40me.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3002DF60-7C4C-4A75-9DF3-9671002813CF%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/4AC3B592-BB3D-4C28-9061-13BB733867D9%40macambulance.com.
