Another thought, you swapped lots of cables. There should only be a single cable between your new switch and the main switch. 2 cables would cause 'some confusion' as you create a loop.
OK, I'm curious. What is the way?
OK - so as many know, I have everything hooked up and working. Almost right away, I now notice my internet in the house is quite a bit slower. I don't understand this really. Inside, my laptop is hardwired directly to my router...which is hardwired directly to the modem. No change there.
Why would adding the switch and access point outside impact speed of my laptop?
What is happening is that your phone/tablet/laptop is in effect always searching for the strongest signal, so say you walk past the window it might lose the signal from the access point and therefore link to the wi-fi in the house. Its a bit like how your mobile/cell phone works when it switches between basestations as you drive along. There is also radio fading/multipath where the signal will vary, depending on such things as wind, people moving about, whether a vehicle drives past etc. this causes the wi-fi signal strength to fluctuate (it even happens inside), so you can lose one signal and connect to the other.I'm back...
So, after having things up and running a few days, I now have this problem of dropped wifi signal. Both inside and outside. Never, ever happened until I installed the access point. So, what gives? I have no doubt it's due to the installation of the access point, but it sort of defeats the purpose if spotty performance is the result. There must be a setting that needs tweaked, but I would have no clue what it is.
Recall, it was all plug and play. There really were no opportunities for me to type in any wrong settings as there was nothing to type. (other than a password)
I should also note that sometimes, I will be outside connected to the access point (which has a different name) and I'll look 5 minutes later and I'm connected to my router in the house. So, things seem to be interfering with each other and switching connection without me telling it to.
So - my latest drama is that when playing my music via the network (through Foobar app), it will play about 1/4 of the song....then I get an error, and it skips to the next song. Plays about 1/4, error, next song. More specifically, I'm talking about through my iphone, utilizing wifi via the access point outside. Visibly, the signal is perfect.....and anyway, only 5-8 feet away from the access point. WTF??
Yeah, I always do that....once per week even if no issues.Did you try rebooting your main router; that usually works for me. On mine there’s a teeny tiny button on the back you hold for about 5 seconds ( but no longer)
Me too - LOL sometimes I like to blame the service provider for maintenance periods or maybe they’re throttling your data for some reasonYeah, I always do that....once per week even if no issues.
Me too - LOL sometimes I like to blame the service provider for maintenance periods or maybe they’re throttling your data for some reason
Are you actually noticing a difference in usage speed? Have you tried others besides speedtest?But...
Speedtest via browser = 9Mbs
Speedtest via laptop app = 80Mbs
I mean, both methods have to connect to "internet" to measure speed, correct?
I've not tried another....didn't know there were others. Yes, to second question. Can't even download a file........also, webpages take a longtime to download all images, pain in the ass.Are you actually noticing a difference in usage speed? Have you tried others besides speedtest?
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