connected to 802.11n not 802.11ac
connected to 802.11n not 802.11ac
The two radio broadcasts are still overlapping. You must switch the channel of one broadcast to avoid interference on the 5GHz band. Determine how the extender is linked to the main wireless router—through a wired or wireless connection to the base station. If it's wireless, verify whether the link uses 5GHz radio frequency. You should be able to tell if you're connecting to the AC signal by checking the Killer WiFi survey; a blue SSID with an asterisk typically indicates that connection.
I switched the Ext. one to channel 64. This extender is linked with a 2.4 GHz WDS bridge. I noticed the netspot app displays the router signal as AC, while the task manager shows N. When I attempt to copy files from S8 Plus using Wi-Fi 5 mobile, the speed drops to only 100 Mbps. I think this is due to N or AC interference, though something prevents it from reaching its full speed. Occasionally it connects AC directly and shows full speed, allowing faster copying at 200 Mbps (not the maximum 300 Mbps my phone supports). This inconsistency is frustrating because I’m unsure what’s happening.
@moselmy What is the make and model of the extender? Does it support WiFi 4 and WiFi5? This is the inherent problem with WDS. Each device within a WDS network has to divide its airtime, effectively halving the speed, between communicating with the client device and communicating with the other station in the WDS. It also introduces quite a bit of latency. Essentially, it was what mesh systems emerged from, but at least newer mesh systems have 3 bands so 1 can be dedicated to point-to-point communication. Add to that the speed limitation of 300Mbps of a 2.4GHz link on 802.11n... You see, it does not matter whether your computer is connecting to the extender or the base station in this WDS network, at some point they will have to communicate with each other and this will cause momentary slowdowns for all clients.
It was Huawei hg633 support with WiFi 5. Before I connected the WDS between two routers, I checked the speed and found an issue. Even when WDS was enabled, my laptop would connect to the AC network automatically and reach full speed without any changes. I tried turning off WDS and tested again.
Confirm your connection to 5GHz is still active during this issue. It usually happens because the client reverts to 2.4GHz. Your 5GHz and 2.4GHz networks seem distinct, but verify they aren’t sharing the same SSID. Ensure the 2.4GHz settings are disabled on the device if you’ve used it before, preventing automatic reversion. Also, confirm the extender was turned off for testing.
Restarting Windows and updating drivers again, yet the issue persists. Change the password for the 5GHz connection and detach the extend router from the wall, but the same problem continues.