Posted 9th May 2020
ok so bought the 3 pack of these couple weeks ago and finally got round to setting them up yesterday, pretty simple.
on connecting the first node to the Virgin media hub I was achieving 100Mbps speeds down and a solid 10Mbp up, great!
once I completed the whole setup and added the other two nodes the speed drastically dropped to 30/38Mbps down but the upload remained a solid 10Mbps.
Does anyone know why I'm no longer achieving the max download speed?
bit of a novice when it comes to technical stuff like this so any help would be appreciated.
on connecting the first node to the Virgin media hub I was achieving 100Mbps speeds down and a solid 10Mbp up, great!
once I completed the whole setup and added the other two nodes the speed drastically dropped to 30/38Mbps down but the upload remained a solid 10Mbps.
Does anyone know why I'm no longer achieving the max download speed?
bit of a novice when it comes to technical stuff like this so any help would be appreciated.
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sorted byThe others down the line depend on how far they are separated, how much signal attenuation from walls there is and any RF interference.
How far apart are they and have you turned off the VM ssid broadcast?
That's right, the VMSH is modem mode & the first mw6 is connected by ethernet. I can achieve mid 40's on this one & the two upstairs low 30's
Also the furthest away node was connected to a playstation by ethernet and was only achieving 8.9mbps down and a measly 896kbps.
I left my router in regular mode but turned off WiFi, and my Tendas are in Bridge mode so that all my devices are on the same network (192.168.0.xxx). Maybe give that setup a try
Can you isolate if its a problem with one of the nodes, do you still get full signal on the master if the others are switched off? If so try switching on the others individually and seeing if one causes a slowdown.
Also have you checked the wifi speed through the house - not the speed of your connection, that might give a clue to where the problem lies. My wifi speeds vary between 200 and 250mbps throughout the flat, but my connection speed is about 70 to 100mbps, I'm on virgin 100mbps.
I'll experiment tomorrow morning with that and see what happens.
Yeah the other nodes are connected, they're showing all green on the Tenda WiFi app on my phone. I did them one by one using the app, there's only 10 max connections throughout the house so it's not as if they're being overloaded.
I'll have a test tomorrow and see.
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The capacity throughput vs. time plots usually provide some insight into the aggregated results. The Downlink plot clearly shows the root node 2.4 GHz connection getting the highest average throughput, averaging around 190 Mbps. Hop 1 throughput seems lower than it should be, given the 5 GHz client and high bandwidth Hop 1 backhaul. But since one 5 GHz radio must serve both fronthaul (client) and backhaul duties, something has to give. In this case, the Hop 1 connected client gets only an average of around 50 Mbps and the Hop 2 client about half that.
Try it with two, if you get faster speeds then three then placement/density could well be your problem.
eBay unfortunately.
Will do thanks.
Have you tried moving the nodes around. Also, it takes a few days for them to settle down. I would suggest, give it 48 hours to the system to settle, then look at moving them around etc. My bt took 24 hours to settle.
I was like you, where is my speed but few days later, everything was as it should be.
Also, switch off the virgin signal if not done so already. Don't put it into modem mode, swifching off signal on the router will do
Doing that leaves both devices working as DHCP servers, if they are on different subnets you may find that devices in the home will not be able to communicate with each other as they will have leased an IP address on a different subnet from the different DHCP servers
Better to turn the Virgin Hub to Modem mode and then all devices will use the Mesh for DHCP (edited)
Not possible to link the node via ethernet, but may be possible with powerline adapters, I have some old devolo dlan 500 powerlines, would these cap my speeds?
I'm just saying what I, and lots of people have done with the virgin hubs and no issues so far.
It is the easiest method I agree and most won't have an issue. Just something to be aware of if the two routers are both left DHCP enabled and devices can't communicate with each other
Depends on how fast your Virgin connection is. If its 100 down and 10 up then using AV500 Powerlines with a 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet connection, you shouldn't really have an issue with internet download speeds. If you move large files around over a home network over wifi, that's another matter. Powerline adaptors with a 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet connection will be a bottleneck when all the the other equipment is Gigabit 1000Mbit/s but if all you're using them for is internet access and the service you get from Virgin is 100Mb download speed or under your 500 Devolo adaptors should do fine.
Put the super hub back to normal and instantly got 110Mbps down and a solid 10Mbps up so something definitely not right. (edited)