Subj : Re: SignalTech wifi boost
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Thu Aug 26 2021 08:26 pm
Hello poindexter;
-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
pF> Around here, they're barely able to keep up with advertised speeds.
pF> They do keep selling their "intelligent" features of xFi, but there's
pF> no way in hell I want them in my network.
Me either. I've caught them making changes we specifically told them NOT to
do, such as turn on the wifi port for their security system - which we do NOT
use. This makes our CCast router quite insecure having it on w/o a password.
I can't afford this.
pF> I've been having stability problems with my internal network and the
pF> wifi drops, as well as being slower than I expected. I suspected the
pF> newer version of DD-WRT that I'd installed on my router.
Comparing Linksys to others however, I've found their wifi support to be
very weak in general, no matter the firmware.
pF> Linksys has a neat trick on their WRT routers - it has two separate
pF> system images, and if it fails to boot 3 times, it switches to the
pF> other image. No more bricked routers.
Sort of like Dorothy's slippers? tap 3 times to leave Oz for another land <G>
pF> I booted back onto the factory firmware and noticed the following:
pF> I think I'll stick with the factory firmware for now, but am in the
pF> market for new routers. My Linksys was free with a referral program
pF> from them and my Netgear Nighthawk was $5 at Goodwill. It's about time
pF> for a change. :)
You seem to lose a LOT no matter which you're using here. LAN wise, you
should get the full bandwidth based on your type of 802.11. Even 80Mbps seems
low depending on your type of wifi. Also your wired is cut by more than
50%! I'm running CAT6 to a T-link extender and I'm getting exactly what
I should be getting from it.
Wired: 600Mbps
Wifi: 65Mbps
My wifi is faring a tad better than the 54Mpbs it should be getting. The wired
side is spot on. We used Linksys for a good 20 years, different models, but
got away from it with this upgrade and went for a NetGear 6400 when we changed
last year. It's holding up pretty good all things considered. One thing I know
it doesn't care for is my instance of xmpp. I have to take that offline if I
reboot the router for some reason. Otherwise it's been doing its job nicely.
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