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Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2021 13:37:15 GMT
At this point, Mike, get some professional advice. I bought a pair of Bingfu antennae for my Huawei and the signal strength was worse (after switching to the external ports in the user interface). I'm told the only thing that will better the excellent built-in antennae is a proper roof installed weatherproof antenna.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2021 15:17:04 GMT
The Bingfu is the bottom of the tree I saw a good test on YouTube for
Good start point for little dough. Reviews mostly say good.
Next door neighbour mounted a Poynting externally himself, giving from memory 60Mbps down and 30 up
He says the aerial made a huge difference
The test the Bingfu did well a Ponyting, at way more dough did worse
Just about to test again on a super long mains extension lead so I can move window to window without turning off
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Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2021 17:02:38 GMT
Good idea. I found a window for the Huawei that gives 4-5 bars reliably and it has stayed there. Its location for wi-fi is unimportant as the mesh discs do their own thing and I've turned the Huawei wi-fi off.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2021 20:09:28 GMT
My luck and just to be contrary I find the opposite !
Same bloody window varies from 1Mbps to 15.
If I sit right next to it, on wifi 30Mbps
The monster long extension cable was very useful.
Readings at the front and back of the house much the same (?)
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Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2021 21:21:38 GMT
Yes, but what does the signal strength meter say? Use that rather than throughput, which has too many variables (like overall mast load) to be reliable.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 25, 2021 8:57:18 GMT
Where do I access a signal strength meter ? Turned off the Three router last night as the very long mains cable wouldn't allow a door to close. Turned back on first thing and a while ago delighted to see the laptop connected to the Three router, switching from the Plusnet router Speedtest showed 5Mbps download with the Three router in a half way house, literally position That will do nicely Then no connection. Bum  |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2021 12:50:50 GMT
Hang on, don't you have a Huawei supplied by Three? It has a 5 bar meter.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 25, 2021 13:29:39 GMT
I have a ZTE with 5 bar meter that seems almost pointless when related to the signal I get
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2021 14:08:40 GMT
The signal strength meter is still a help. Find the location where it gives you 5 steady bars. Rotate it, vary its height and see which position works best.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 25, 2021 15:32:20 GMT
Thanks Martin
Currently working fine for the boss 'over there' but
Unable to connect for me
Even though it was fine early today
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2021 21:55:16 GMT
Then you're conflating mobile connection issues with wi-fi connection issues.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 26, 2021 10:34:12 GMT
Twas much the same when connected with wire
The strange thing has been the faultless connection of the boss's ipad everywhere
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2021 10:49:36 GMT
Are we back to your laptop being stuffed whereas the iPad is working fine?
I think we're a little lost here. You need to be more precise!
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 26, 2021 11:15:11 GMT
Plusnet router
Ipad was the biggest problem. No consistency. Might be fine for days then could drop out intermittently.
Much better connection with a laptop on wifi
Wifi problematic in the ex garage - due to distance from the router I'm sure
Three router
Vast range of Speedtest results, 1Mbps to 40. Bars varied from 1 - 4, rarely 5
Laptop 2 my only connection with a cable to the router
Much the same variable results with laptop 1 on wifi.
Ipad giving good results so far
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 27, 2021 18:20:24 GMT
Wifi test. Three router
Laptop 1
14Mbps
Right next to it
Laptop 2
30.5Mbps
Right....
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2021 19:30:47 GMT
Why is that not believable? Do you know which Wi-Fi standards each laptop supports? What about spare processing power? Available RAM?
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 27, 2021 19:47:28 GMT
Quite believable.
No idea what wifi
Both Lenovo not that far apart in spec.
Nice example of technology and the inherent variability that is in most things
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2021 20:07:35 GMT
Oh yes, I know from supporting a system of 103 wi-fi access points at work that the vagaries of WiFi reception quality and throughput can be maddening.
Some of the factors are:
- chipset and standard used (mostly 802.11n WiFi 4, 802.11ac WiFi 5 or 802.11ax WiFi 6)
- internal aerial arrangement
- processor overhead and running apps
- background processes, e.g. performing an update
- available RAM
- driver quality
- distance to AP
- number of other users connected to same AP
- number of overall users sharing internet connection
- case type (e.g. metal)
- orientation
- the weather (it's radio, after all)
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Post by ajski2fly on Aug 27, 2021 20:47:33 GMT
Sorry to butt in, I was trying to stay out of this as it seems to be going in ever decreasing circles, but something has just occurred to me.
Mike have you checked how many web tabs you have open in your web browsers on each PC? I know it sounds silly but I have seem machines with 50 or more and then the WiFi/pc will run like a dead dog, and anything else requiring WiFi will be buggered.
The other thing to check is how many emails do you have in your inbox(s) on your emails, if it’s thousands, and I have seen a computer with over 100k, then the email app will be trying synchronise every time mail in the inbox and will hog the WiFi and slow everything down. This applies to the iPad as well. If you have loads in the inbox you need to clear them out.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 29, 2021 16:20:10 GMT
Sorry to butt in, I was trying to stay out of this as it seems to be going in ever decreasing circles, but something has just occurred to me. Mike have you checked how many web tabs you have open in your web browsers on each PC? I know it sounds silly but I have seem machines with 50 or more and then the WiFi/pc will run like a dead dog, and anything else requiring WiFi will be buggered. The other thing to check is how many emails do you have in your inbox(s) on your emails, if it’s thousands, and I have seen a computer with over 100k, then the email app will be trying synchronise every time mail in the inbox and will hog the WiFi and slow everything down. This applies to the iPad as well. If you have loads in the inbox you need to clear them out. More web tabs open on the slower result Gmail open too but on both. Yes 1000s I tend to open a tab to sort fully later then I have a lot to come back to Testing with the system as I use it |
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