I have BT fibre in the house and the connection works perfectly to all wifi devices. 400Mb plus, very stable.
A few weeks ago I set up a BT Broadband Flex 600 adaptor, plugged directly in to the wall with a CAT6 ethernet cable connected to the ethernet port. In the detached garage I connected the other connector, directly in to ta power socket, and ran a 3m CAT6 ethernet cable to my Apple TV box. The connection to the Apple TV has improved 10 fold and is very stable however, if I try and use any wifi device in the garage the wifi speed is appalling.
I'm seeing under 0.5Mb, does anybody know why this might be?
I always assumed connecting via ethernet takes that device away from the wifi and so it should not impact the wifi speed.
If I turn off the ethernet connection in the garage the wifi improves. Could it be a Smart hub setting? I have looked but can't see anything obvious.
Any help would be much appreciated.
@ThePie wrote:
I always assumed connecting via ethernet takes that device away from the wifi and so it should not impact the wifi speed.
???? you have a finite amount of bandwidth, it is shared between whatever devices are using that bandwidth whether connected via WiFi or Ethernet.
That said, it sounds like the extender is possibly causing interference to the WiFi signal. Presumably the WiFi in the garage is slow anyway if connecting to the hub in the house.
Wifi in the garage is normally 10-15Mb but has dropped since the ethernet was connected. I use Zwift via ethernet which Zwift say should only need approx 10Mb to work fine. That should leave plenty for wifi devices to work okay.
Exactly, hence comment regarding interference.
You could try changing the WiFi channel on the hub to see if it helps.