I have a BT Smart hub 6 router and a Linksys Velop Triband mesh system. The wireless on my router is switched off and the wireless signal is emitted by the mesh system. Nothing is normally connected by Ethernet cable to the router except the mesh system.
I have noticed the speed dropping at various times during the day and have had to reboot the router to restore a better speed. A good download speed for me is 16mbps (1mbps upload) but it often sinks to 1mbps or worse.
To test if it was the mesh system at fault, I connected my desktop PC by Ethernet cable directly to the router. I still had speed drops with no internet connection messages in my PC’s browser despite a blue light on the router. I can only conclude it’s the router which is at fault. It has the latest firmware so I’m not sure what else to do.
BT help are no use for this as the people I have spoken to don’t know what a mesh system is. I haven’t done a factory reset recently but have done it twice in the past couple of months. I am loathe to do so as it usually takes time to settle down.
