I currently have 4 Airport extremes ( 5th gen ) each connected to each other via Ethernet and 1st APPLE ROUTER is plugged into my old Verizon FIOS Router , I am Looking to QUIT Verizon FIOS and Go to ALTICE ONE . I never used FIOS WIFI and love the airport extreme set up .
CAN I use my current Airport Extreme home network with a new Altice one box ? and if so what do i need to know to set it up properly ? Thanks Ed
great to know i was relying on the IOS device data , anyway I have a Lenovo laptop with Intel Dual Band wireless AC 8265 card internally .
did speedtest.net Went to base 1 was at 150- 170 Mbps base 2 50 Mbps Base 3 hit 215 Mbps and base 4 170 Mbps . was about 10 feet away from all through one wall .
A Mac laptop will tell you at a glance which AirPort that you are connected to at any given time.
PCs do not "switch" from one access point to another all that well as the move about the house, so while the PC changes locations, it may stay connected to the previous access point. After a few minutes, it might switch to the closer AirPort, and might not.
Mac laptops do a very nice job of switching quickly between access points. Please post back when you have a friend with a Mac laptop who will let you borrow it for a time and we'll show you some neat tricks.
Ok so i got a mac book pro and checked by being next to each router approx 8 feet and also checked on my airport utility for each router that mac book was connected to router i was next to while doing speed test . I get 180 MBPS wifi Router 1 / 33 Mbps Router 2 ./ 170 MBps Router 3 and 180 Mbps Router 4 . Please keep in mind I just replaced Router 2 and new router 2 is doing same thing very low WIFI Speed .
Please note also Route 1 other lan ports are being used ( running Ethernet to a gig switch ) as is also router 2 other lans are being used ( also running ethernet to a gig ) switch router 3 only 1 lan is being used to connect to router 4
Any suggestions on how to trouble shoot this ? Thanks
Swap locations of Router 2 with either Router 3 or Router 4.
If the speeds remain low at the original location of Router 2, then you have a wiring problem or a slow Ethernet port on the Ethernet switch. A mis-wired cable or connector will still allow a connection, but speeds will drop dramatically.
If Router 2 is still slow when it is located at the original location of either 3 or 4, then Router 2 itself has problems, even though it might be new.
When you get things working, move the Mac laptop close to Router 1. Hold down the option key while you click on the WiFi menu. Post a screenshot of the read out. Then, do the same with 2, 3 and 4. Example:
Edit to above post.
IF......the MacBook Pro has an Ethernet port, post back to confirm........before......you swap locations of the AirPorts.
Reason......we can use the Ethernet port on the Mac to check the signal speeds arriving at the WAN port of AirPort 2, which will tell us if the wiring that is going to the location at AirPort 2 is working up to speed.
If Ethernet is not up to speed, then WiFi never will be either.
Bob,
I figured it out
my Ethernet through the switches is always 300 MBPS no issue , i felt it was a radio signal issue , so i made the 5GHZ signal identifiable by checking off 5GHZ Newtork name and connected all my ipad and iphones to that frequency and Viola no speed no issues at all .
Second thing i did my kids laptops which are old Lenovo T410 laptops on Router 2 I changed the Radio Channel selection for the 2.4 GHZ signal to manual from Auto and selected Channel 9 and that seems to have solved that bottle neck of signal speed , I have no issues now and they are at 40 50 MBPS which i think is limit on those old wifi cards.
I am a happy camper with my 4 , 5th gen Airport extremes now .
I found info for what i did on the following links :
thanks for your help
Ed
Nice work. Devices are supposed to connect to the 5 GHz signal when they are close to an AirPort and then switch over to 2.4 GHz when they move a room or two away from the AirPort.
Even if they connect at 2.4 GHz, they still should be connecting at up to 130 Mbps speeds when they close to the AirPort, so I have no idea why you were having issues with only one AirPort at a given location when things worked fine at other locations. I suppose it is possible that there was some sort of weird interference issue with 2.4 GHz at one AirPort location, but this would be rare.
That's the way things work here, but no two networks are exactly alike.
Personally, I don't like having to manually tell devices whether to connect to the 5 GHz named network or the 2.4 GHz named network, but some users don't seem to mind doing this. If you are OK with this, then it sounds like you have things solved until the next mystery appears.
iPhones / iPads are worthless if you are trying to check WiFi speeds on a complex network like yours. Do you have a Mac laptop?
Ok I am not going with Altice one I am waiting for Optimum 300 internet only to be installed tomorrow I bought a router as per them from Best Buy a Arris SB 6183 modem . will let you know how it goes ,
I seem to be having one issue my second 5th gen extreme router in line shows connection only good the one before it and then other 2 extremes after it show excellent . any ideas why ? . i have them all in bridge mode they are all connected via internet in series first into router , then 2nd from lan on 1st into WAN on 2nd router etc....
any ideas?
4 Airport Extremes & Altice ONE
