BT Homespot slow data

[mikewestmorland]

Router gives 50+mps, but inside homespots only around 5 - 8mps, though one in the garage gives 50+ too.

[MikeHales]

Would recommend checking positioning - start with line of sight if possible and double check for what materials Wi-Fi is passing through - wood bad, plaster OK, aluminium framing very bad.

[mikewestmorland]

Tried the homespot in the socket next to the one the extender uses.  Shows 6mps download and 12mps upload.  The 12mps upload is what I normally get from the router, which gives 50+ download.

Also now tried a different homespot, still in the adjacent socket.  8 download, 12 upload.

[Les-Gibson]

The chances are that you resolved the problem just by interrupting the power when you moved the hotspot from one socket to another, I regularly power cycle mine for that very reason 

[mikewestmorland]

Not resolved - download @ 6 or 8mps vs 50+mps at the router, whereas upload is the expected 12mps for both homespots and the router. Why the loss a download data speed at the homespots? And the homespots are even slower where I actually need them in the rest of the house. Is there loss of speed through the electricity circuits? Surely not as much as this?

[licquorice · Accepted solution]

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@mikewestmorland wrote:
 Is there loss of speed through the electricity circuits? Surely not as much as this?

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Absolutely there is, powerline adapters are only as good as your electrical wiring. Your wiring could be extremely noisy which will interfere with the signal.

[Les-Gibson]

On top of that advised by @licquorice powerline adapters should used between sockets on the same ring main, spurs and even extension leads can have an adverse effect

[mikewestmorland]

Ok thanks. I think I get a better download speed from the router throughout the house than the via the homespots. Just hadn’t checked it before.