Slower Speedtest on Airport Extreme Base Station vs Fibr Modem

Hi

Thanks for your tip. Im not good at command lines but I can copy and paste!

Will attempt with your advise and see what happens.

Otherwise, my bridged apple base stations on roaming setup is OK. Very reliable except for the gigaport dropping to 90Mbps and I have to do the whole routine again of unplugging and plugging RJ45 to WAN.

I know it's not the Fibr Modem because I Speedtest directly from 5Ghz band of modem and it is always 500Mbps.

Hi. Thanks for the advice. I tried your suggested tests to find the culprit.

I put a new cable to rule out the problem.

Same problem. Mismatch happened this morning with new cable.

Sorry I missed that question, TC and AEBS are at least 5 yrs old. I bought them brand new

just last year since it was on sale at $100 for TC 3TB for End of Life items.

I also swapped it, making AEBS as the main router to Fibr Modem and all the rest as Access Points 'bridged' on Roaming.

Mismatch still happening.

Im just wondering if the ff is causing the speed mismatch:

Over 50 devices connected to my home wifi

I have indoor Femtocell connected via LAN

Fibr Modem's wifi still active on both 2.4 and 5Ghz band

Thanks.

Even an All Apple AirPort network does not work all that well with roaming. Macs will usually switch from one AirPort to another as they move about the house to pick up the signal from the closest AirPorts, but iPhone and iPads will not do this very well.....if they do it at all.

Strangely, we dont have this problem. Handover is smooth for all client devices. Only gets cut when on 5Ghz bec of shorter distances, but connects automatically again when move to a stronger/closer BSSID. But very smooth on 2.4Ghz when moving around the house on iPhone, iPads and Macs bec of the farther reach.

If you want roaming to really work well, the only way that you might be able to do this is to temporarily turn off the WiFi on an iPhone or iPad (or PC) when it moves from one location to another. Then, when the device is at the new location, turn the WiFi back on and the device will usually.......but not always.....pick up the signal from the closest AirPort.

Adding a third party router to a roaming network increases the chances of poor hand offs between wireless access points.

Some users have better luck than others with roaming. There are no hard and fast rules or fixes.

Is it possible that your WiFi device might not be connecting to the closest AirPort when you see a speed drop?

Im testing using ethernet.

Hi Bob

Earlier, you were asking about WiFi speeds for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. If a WiFi device does not pick up the signal from the closest AirPort, then speeds can be dramatically affected, especially with 5 GHz. I was not talking about Ethernet here.

Ok noted.

Glad to hear that your roaming network is working much better than my AirPort roaming network. Two new iPhones here just won't "switch" access points, even if they are moved very close to another AirPort unless I manually turn off the WiFi on the phones and then turn it back on. Then, they will usually pick up the signal from the AirPort that might only be 7-8 feet away.

I dont have iPhone 12 here like yours. Just iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Max and the latest iPad Pros...

But yes, I have that EXACT problem with Vivo android phones. Have to turn WiFi OFF and ON again to detect the closest BSSID.

Hi Bob & LaPastenague

Strangely, no speed mismatch after one week. I installed a brand new factory crimped CAT 7 cable between

modem and main router on March 13. Im going to switch back to the old CAT 6 cable and see

if it happens again. If so, I will cut out both RJ-45 jacks, and re-terminate them to pinpoint if

it is due to the termination/crimping.

Hi Bob

Im on Time Capsule 3TB and Airport Extremes. All 802.11ac.

Hardwired to 4 routers on CAT7 Bridged for Roaming.

Just wondering what triggers the mismatch.

Because unplugging and plugging the LAN cable on WAN makes it match again.

I use an iOS app Net Analyzer to check the BSSID auto switching by walking around the house with devices.

I can see it works perfectly with all devices except the Vivo Android phone.