TL-WA854RE - it was working perfectly and then its speed dropped and the connection became unstable
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TL-WA854RE - it was working perfectly and then its speed dropped and the connection became unstable
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Hello,
A brief summary of the subject at hand follows:
1. From yesterday, from the moment I set up the range extender, to today, around lunch-time, the device worked perfectly, topping speeds of up to 2 mbps (the main router goes up to 5, so that's fine) and the connection was steady.
2. However, something happened today around noon. Google Play's speeds wouldn't go over 600 kbps but I'm sure it was even lower for the apps weren't downloaded at a speed proportional to the connection's. The connection was unsteady and often it would go below 100kbs.
3. When connected to the main router, apps are still being downloaded at 5 mpbs.
4. I assumed that, for some reason (I'm no expert, it's the first time I'm doing this), my devices could be connecting to the main router instead of the wifi extender, hence the low speeds in this part of the house (because they had the same SSID).
5. After changing SSID, everything was fine for 1 hour or so. Then it went back to being slow.
6. Rebooting the Wifi Extender does nothing at all.
7. I wondered whether the fact that both the main router and the wifi extender are in the same channel could be causing interference. However, I've been unable to change channel in the TL-WA854RE settings.
As such,
A. What can be causing this? Why would it work so well for some time and then go back to being slow, without any environmental changes?
B. Is there a way to change the wifi channel in TL-WA854RE? I've been unable to do so, there doesn't appear to be an option for that in this extender's settings.
Thanks
Hardware Version : Not Clear
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hello,
A brief summary of the subject at hand follows:
1. From yesterday, from the moment I set up the range extender, to today, around lunch-time, the device worked perfectly, topping speeds of up to 2 mbps (the main router goes up to 5, so that's fine) and the connection was steady.
2. However, something happened today around noon. Google Play's speeds wouldn't go over 600 kbps but I'm sure it was even lower for the apps weren't downloaded at a speed proportional to the connection's. The connection was unsteady and often it would go below 100kbs.
3. When connected to the main router, apps are still being downloaded at 5 mpbs.
4. I assumed that, for some reason (I'm no expert, it's the first time I'm doing this), my devices could be connecting to the main router instead of the wifi extender, hence the low speeds in this part of the house (because they had the same SSID).
5. After changing SSID, everything was fine for 1 hour or so. Then it went back to being slow.
6. Rebooting the Wifi Extender does nothing at all.
7. I wondered whether the fact that both the main router and the wifi extender are in the same channel could be causing interference. However, I've been unable to change channel in the TL-WA854RE settings.
As such,
A. What can be causing this? Why would it work so well for some time and then go back to being slow, without any environmental changes?
B. Is there a way to change the wifi channel in TL-WA854RE? I've been unable to do so, there doesn't appear to be an option for that in this extender's settings.
Thanks
