Time for the lurking to end.
I've got a TL-WDR3600 in my home office on the 2nd floor. It's main wireless use is backhaul for my T-Mobile phone (SGS4). Unfortunately, it disconnects all the time unless I am in the office or line of sight to the office. I loaded Wifi Analyzer onto the phone and am seeing -37 to -42dBm on 2.4GHz and -49 to -57dBm on 5GHz with the phone sitting on the desk a few feet from the router. Two interior walls away and this drops to an average of -69dBm and -82dBm, respectively.
I moved the router to an open space 8ft up in the room, updated the firmware, and disassembled/assembled the external antenna. Now seeing -55dBm (2.4GHz) and -58 dBm (5GHz) in the same room, -65 and -80 two wall away, and -65 and -75 downstairs.
Granted, this is just a phone app with uncertain accuracy, but aren't these signal strength numbers abnormally low?
Other bits of info:
- My 2.4GHz and 5Ghz channels are uncluttered
- A neighbor 100' away has similar signal strength as my 2.4GHz channel when I am downstairs (maybe 20' from the router).
I've got a TL-WDR3600 in my home office on the 2nd floor. It's main wireless use is backhaul for my T-Mobile phone (SGS4). Unfortunately, it disconnects all the time unless I am in the office or line of sight to the office. I loaded Wifi Analyzer onto the phone and am seeing -37 to -42dBm on 2.4GHz and -49 to -57dBm on 5GHz with the phone sitting on the desk a few feet from the router. Two interior walls away and this drops to an average of -69dBm and -82dBm, respectively.
I moved the router to an open space 8ft up in the room, updated the firmware, and disassembled/assembled the external antenna. Now seeing -55dBm (2.4GHz) and -58 dBm (5GHz) in the same room, -65 and -80 two wall away, and -65 and -75 downstairs.
Granted, this is just a phone app with uncertain accuracy, but aren't these signal strength numbers abnormally low?
Other bits of info:
- My 2.4GHz and 5Ghz channels are uncluttered
- A neighbor 100' away has similar signal strength as my 2.4GHz channel when I am downstairs (maybe 20' from the router).