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AX1800 10x slower than modem

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• January 15, 2025 at 10:47 pm #6585
  BashDashovi

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  I just installed a new PW-AX1800 plugged into my AT&T gateway/router. Devices using wifi on the AX1800 have about 1 tenth the speed of the devices that are directly connected to wifi on the AT&T gateway. The range is also about 75% smaller which means devices on the other side of the house can’t connect to the AX1800.

  Is there anything I can try to boost the signal?

  January 16, 2025 at 2:22 am #6586
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  What speed are you getting and how big is your house?

  January 16, 2025 at 3:22 am #6587
  BashDashovi

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  I’m getting about 500 with the gateway and about 50 with the AX1800 while in the room with both of them. I can’t connect anymore at about 63 feet away (through 2 walls) on the same floor with the AX1800, but no problem connecting to the AT&T gateway.

  January 16, 2025 at 3:21 pm #6588
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  Keymaster

  There might be some RF interference going on. Can you turn off the WiFi on the AT&T gateway for testing purposes? Alternatively, you can try putting the WiFi on different channels. E.g., put the AT&T on channel 48, the AX1800 on channel 36 or vice versa.

  January 21, 2025 at 8:21 pm #6604
  BashDashovi

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  I tried everything I could think of, including turning off the AT&T gateway’s wifi. The connectivity of the AX1800 is about 50% behind 2 walls and the speed is maybe a tenth of what it is right next to it. I did not attempt to individually test 5Ghz vs 2.4Ghz but if one was better than the other, I would have expected my devices to switch to it. While the AX1800 might work in an apartment, I just could not make it work in my house.

  I truly love pcwrt. If there is a more powerful router someone can recommend that I could load the firmware on, I’d be happy to try it.

  February 1, 2025 at 5:03 pm #6658
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  Keymaster

  You should be able to get above 500Mbps (if your ISP speed is more than that) with the device in the same room as the router, on the 5GHz band. You should exceed 60Mbps even on the 2.4Ghz band and several rooms away from the router.

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