#Test wifi range download#
Meanwhile, in the basement, our top picks from TP-Link and Linksys (as well as the high-performing Asus RP-AX56) were each able to keep download speeds above 100Mbps, which is great. With Wi-Fi 6, we barely saw any issues there at all, save for the Netgear Nighthawk X4S. Each of the five extenders struggled to keep uploads speedy in the upstairs dinette, for instance. Things get interesting here - you can see a greater gulf between download and upload performance, as well as some more distinct weak spots and dead zones throughout the house. How did the performance look with an older Wi-Fi 5 device from several years ago?Īgain, this is average download speeds by room on the left, average upload speeds on the right - this time, to an older Wi-Fi 5 device. The D-Link EaglePro AI struggled a bit with upload speeds in the basement, but still kept things above a minimum of 20Mbps or so. With all of them, I had a faster connection throughout the house than I had when I connected through the router alone. So what jumps out? First, all five of these extenders did a decent job of boosting speeds in those last four rooms, down in the basement. All of these speeds are to my Wi-Fi 6 test device, a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop from 2021. On the right, you're looking at the average upload speeds. On the left, this first set of graphs shows you the average download speeds by room for each extender I tested. All five models I tested were able to deliver noticeable improvements to the connection, but some did a better job than others. These graphs show you the average download speeds by room (left) and average upload speeds by room (right) for a Wi-Fi 6 laptop connected to each extender. Plug one in near the edge of your router's wireless range and pair it with the network, and it'll start rebroadcasting the signal farther out for significantly faster internet speed throughout your home.
Wi-Fi extenders work by using built-in Wi-Fi radios and antennas to pair wirelessly with your router, no ethernet cable required. There are a number of things you should try to eke out a better signal from your router, but if tweaks like those aren't doing enough, you could also try using a Wi-Fi extender.Īlso called a Wi-Fi signal booster, a range or Wi-Fi extender is a compact, plug-in device that is simple and hassle-free to implement. In many homes, a single router is a little too weak to generate a stable signal that reaches into every room, which can result in dead zones and glitchy connections. This should work and you won't need to cut the base PCB.Your internet is only as fast as the equipment it's running through. You would need to solder wires from the base PCB to the terminals of the ESP. Something else you could do is to unsolder the ESP and mount it 90 degrees to the PCB. I use to find the best price for the bare PCBs. Of course it is best to remove the ESP module first.Īlternatively, you could redesign the PCB and send it out for another manufacturing run. If there are any traces underneath the antenna you will need to fix them up with wire worms. If money is tight and new hardware is out, you could try cutting a cutout where the antenna sits using your Dremel (or other rotary tool). On other boards the antenna sits proud of the main PCB such as this one from Tronixlabs: In other pictures you can also see that the ground plane does not go past where the antenna starts. You will notice on the NodeMCU design below that they have placed a PCB cutout where the antenna is located. That is the antenna is placed right over the top of the ground plane of the PCB and your range is going to be severely limited.
The very first thing I notice is that your WiFi antenna is shielded by the PCB.
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