Increase wi fi signal/speed

[bnewt]

My complete internet "system" is in the back of my house. My pc in that room is hardwired. In an adjoining bedroom I have 1 hws and in the great room, probably 40' away, thru several walls, is the 2nd hws. My fiber optic internet is supposed to yield a speed of 100, which it does very close to that on my pc. The hws in the great room yields only around 43 or so. What can I do to increase this speed? Hardwired is not possible as there are only 2 available ports, already in use.

 

[Bobby]

My complete internet "system" is in the back of my house. My pc in that room is hardwired. In an adjoining bedroom I have 1 hws and in the great room, probably 40' away, thru several walls, is the 2nd hws. My fiber optic internet is supposed to yield a speed of 100, which it does very close to that on my pc. The hws in the great room yields only around 43 or so. What can I do to increase this speed? Hardwired is not possible as there are only 2 available ports, already in use.

Add an ethernet switch at the pc location to add more ethernet ports.

 

[HipKat]

Mesh routers

 

[Foxbat]

Or, Ethernet over Powerline. I've had good success with the TrendNet units. Of course hardwired with CAT5 and beyond is best, but the TPL-422E2K provided my in-Laws with more than enough speed to support the combined family gatherings via their FIOS connection. I put Wi-Fi mesh boxes in remote locations and they backhauled over the Powerline units.

This works best if both ends are on the same leg of your 240 service, but I never checked and they always worked. You plug one into a wall outlet (no surge suppressor or UPS) connected to your base Router, and the other units go where your equipment is, plugged into the wall, and an Ethernet cable to your device (or, an Ethernet switch if you have more than one device). The Powerline standard supports multiple connections, too.

 

[Strega]

As Bobby mentioned, if the only thing holding back a wired connection is the number of ports - switches are cheap and easy! Then again, 43Mbps should be fine for streaming.

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[bnewt]

If 43 is OK, why do I get the "circle of dots" when using the free u tube app with the hws? Is 43 good enough for 4k ?
What about those wi fi extenders?
Too old to be crawling around in the crawl space

 

[Jim S.]

As far as I'm concerned the Youtube app on the HWS is garbage. Maybe it's running out of memory, maybe Youtube's ad servers are slow (ads are blocked on my desktop browser!), who knows.

 

[HipKat]

Also, the Hopper's speed reading is not accurate

 

[bnewt]

Also, the Hopper's speed reading is not accurate

Add an ethernet switch at the pc location to add more ethernet ports.

Can you recommend one?

 

[Bobby]

Can you recommend one?

I have a few of these as well as a 5 port. They work great!

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[ekilgus]

My complete internet "system" is in the back of my house. My pc in that room is hardwired. In an adjoining bedroom I have 1 hws and in the great room, probably 40' away, thru several walls, is the 2nd hws. My fiber optic internet is supposed to yield a speed of 100, which it does very close to that on my pc. The hws in the great room yields only around 43 or so. What can I do to increase this speed? Hardwired is not possible as there are only 2 available ports, already in use.

To keep it wireless, you need to increase the 100. I have the same situation, but my fiber provides 350. My TV a similar distance away shows 180, a significant drop-off but more than adequate for seamless 4k reception.