I have the updated G1100 router and am on 50mb up/down. I have 3 floors in my house and just updated a home theater where they installed the G1100 router in the media cabinet so it could be hard wired into things like my Amazon Fire TV, etc....Based on the recommendation of the company that did the installs, I picked up the ActionTec WCB3000N for added reach to my 3rd floor. Talked to their tech support and they said I should set up both SSID's (2.4 and 5) on their device to match the one on my G1100 router..I have done this and am seeing worse performance than before (10-15mb down and 2-4 up)...What else should I be looking at here? Is auto-frequency selection really there or not?
The WCB is sitting on the 2nd floor and my office is on the 3rd floor...I want to keep my G1100 router in the media cabinet as it's now out of the way and provides some hard wired connectivity for some streaming services. That said, I am just not sure which direction to take with all of the settings....FiOS support has given me three different answers and changed some settings on their router and ActionTec basically said leave it alone except for channel width (40mhz upper).
Today, I changed the matching SSID's so that I have one as it was prior and one with _5ghz after it...I realize it has better throughput but less reach.
What should I do at this point to maximize my connectivity in my home?
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