Hello Lemmy,
We finaly moved to a new place with fiber connection woop! ISP installed ZXHN F670L FTTH next to entrance door where electronic cabinet is. Appartment is just 60 m2 and we have issues with wifi signal.
Tv (Xiaomi TV stick) is mounted on the wall just 4-5 m from the router (no door, just corner of the wall is barrier from the line of sight). I can see 2.4 GHz wifi at 50% signal and 5 GHz takes like 30 sec to even show on TV menu. 5 GHz wifi is at 20-30% only and when I connect its unusable.
PC in next room is losing connection all the time and thats behind 2 walls.
If Im not just next to a router, I have better signal from 2 neighbours that use same ISP (I can tell from SSID).
I called them and they said techician will come on monday to check and possibly replace router with some Huawei model.
I still have old (coax cable) router from old place, I placed it in same spot for testing and signal is much better. Still not perfect, but TV has 80-90% and PC in next room is almost the same.
Do I just have crappy router or my walls are wifi unfriendly what do you think? I dont need super high speed on wifi, but I need stable connection (2 android phones, 1 work laptop, 2 smart switches and few smart appliances). More important devices like server and main PC are using cable connection. This router has 1GB LAN ports and Im fine with that since my speed is 300/100 only. 100 Mbps would be plenty for Wifi.
Should I stick with 2.4 GHz and fight with neighbour routers? Can I expect better signal from Huawei (sorry dont know exact model yet)? What if ISP cant provide proper solution, what wifi AP would you recommend? I could place AP in another room and connect to a router via UTP cable.
Thx in advance
One thing you can try doing before throwing away the router (which is probably the exact same one your neighbor use) is checking the channel situation in your condo with an app like WiFiAnalyzer and also try moving the router around (some spots are better than others - and hi up is usually better)
That said, ISP routers are often terrible.
Thank you. I changed both 2.4 and 5 GHz channels already. Moving router helps a lot, but short fiber doesnt let me to move it to any other wall. Router is on the cardboard box on the floor for now. I could mount it above cabinet, but seems like its just tad better there. Not worth IMO, I need to cut the cabinet door to guide all cables… If new router doesnt help Ill probably buy wifi AP and mount it in another room where I have LAN connection already. I could also replace wifi antennas, but feels wrong to invest in such a bad device that I dont even own. Its just funny how bad it is and we are talking about <5m distance
You should be able to request a longer fiber cable from your ISP. Hell, the last time I got FiOS, the tech didn’t feel like cutting the line so he gave me the spool.
Good to know thx, I hope I wont need it tho. In case I want to extend the cable, do I need some kind of extender, coupler or crimping tool? I never had fiber before
This is not something you do yourself. I mean you can but joining a fiber cable requires equipment that doesn’t make sense to buy if you’re using it once.
That said your ISP will send you a longer cable. Should be completely free. Just ask them about it.
How does fiber termination looks like? If something like that https://www.markertek.com/productImage/HI-RES/932-153-1D2.JPG you can by extension cable.
Yeah its like that thx
could you post a photo somehow?
Im thinking about guiding it next to existing UTP cable from another room and then use UTP to connect with a switch in cabinet. But feels like its easier to just buy AP
https://discord.com/servers/8311-886329492438671420
Get rid of their junk equipment and put something decent in. Discord link is a group dedicated to doing just that. You may find info for your specific ISP.
If you do it right, you won’t even need their gear inline at all.
Update: they replaced a router with Huawei HG8145V5 and wifi was much much better, but freaking UI was supper laggy and I couodnt change some settings (like wifi channel) so I insisted on new one (again huawei) which finally arrived today. Getting almost full signal everywhere and 170/130 on speed test in the worst spot and UI is perfectly fine. Our walls and cabinet might be bad for wifi, but obviously ISP routers are just crap. I also found out bridge mode is not possible. Ill stick with this one for now, lets hope this serial number is lucky 😉
Thank you all for help
Not every ISP allows this, but my ISP router is in Bridge mode and forwards all the traffic to my own wifi router. This means I get to place the thing and have full control over my wifi.
