Hey everyone,
I have been struggling with some network issues for the past while that i haven't really been able to fix myself. Was hoping to get some advice on the issue.
At the moment i am using an Asus AC-RT66U for my main router and using an Asus EA-N66 to extend range to my upstairs. The router is in my utility closet in the basement. I am having a lot of network slowdown lately, especially with wireless. I have CAT5 running throughout my house, and all of those are just connecting through a Netgear 16 port 10/100 hub. The wired connections all seem to be pretty good. I get good ethernet speeds on most of my PCs that i have connected to it, full 100mb within my internal network. However my wireless seems to be all over the place.
I have at any given time 20 - 30 clients connecting through my router at any given time, at least 50% - 70% of them being wireless. They are all legit connections, meaning nobody stealing bandwidth, but wireless connections drop and fail all the time. On my samsung galaxy note 3, it will often pop up with "wireless connection unstable" and switch to LTE. I've been trying to figure out what i can do to optimize my connection, or if i need to move to a slightly more robust router, which i'm fine with, but i really am not sure where to start looking for the most cost effective solution. It would need to be a router with at least 4 gig LAN ports in it, but i could also deal with moving to a managed gig switch with a router and wireless access point. I just really want to come up with a setup that won't constantly stutter and crash due to congestion.
I have been reading a bit of the articles on this site but nothing seems to really deal with this specific kind of issue (many clients connecting at once). Unless i suck at site search... which i am willing to concede might be an issue...
I have been struggling with some network issues for the past while that i haven't really been able to fix myself. Was hoping to get some advice on the issue.
At the moment i am using an Asus AC-RT66U for my main router and using an Asus EA-N66 to extend range to my upstairs. The router is in my utility closet in the basement. I am having a lot of network slowdown lately, especially with wireless. I have CAT5 running throughout my house, and all of those are just connecting through a Netgear 16 port 10/100 hub. The wired connections all seem to be pretty good. I get good ethernet speeds on most of my PCs that i have connected to it, full 100mb within my internal network. However my wireless seems to be all over the place.
I have at any given time 20 - 30 clients connecting through my router at any given time, at least 50% - 70% of them being wireless. They are all legit connections, meaning nobody stealing bandwidth, but wireless connections drop and fail all the time. On my samsung galaxy note 3, it will often pop up with "wireless connection unstable" and switch to LTE. I've been trying to figure out what i can do to optimize my connection, or if i need to move to a slightly more robust router, which i'm fine with, but i really am not sure where to start looking for the most cost effective solution. It would need to be a router with at least 4 gig LAN ports in it, but i could also deal with moving to a managed gig switch with a router and wireless access point. I just really want to come up with a setup that won't constantly stutter and crash due to congestion.
I have been reading a bit of the articles on this site but nothing seems to really deal with this specific kind of issue (many clients connecting at once). Unless i suck at site search... which i am willing to concede might be an issue...