- Jun 27, 2004
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Hi all,
I've got an AC68 and R7000 at home right now (the AC68 is downright awful, and it's pending return. The R7000 was meant to be the replacement...but as crappy as the AC68 is, the R7000 is WAY worse so far.)
Right now, in OS X using the wireless tools, I can see that my wireless is not doing so good. I'm sitting maybe 20 feet from the router, three walls between myself and the router. Without any downloads going, my RSSI is around -51, noise is -90 and OSX's quality metric is around "35".
Now, when I begin a download however, over 5GHz N, my RSSI drops to -60 right away, and the R7000 gives off a whining noise (likely the power supply built into it - it only makes noise during wireless activity) and OSX's quality metric drops to 30. What gives? Is the R7000 just a complete pile of dung? If so, what should I be getting for a router that has USB3 on it and allows me to expand into AC when I end up with devices (which I will soon, with my GF getting a new macbook.)
Additionally, during a download, my rate goes from 300 down to 250 at times, which should be well below what I'm capable of 20 feet out. For additional info, there are not many wireless networks in range - I'm one of 2 in the 5GHz band. My channel is 161 and doesn't conflict with any other channel.
Thanks,
RA
I've got an AC68 and R7000 at home right now (the AC68 is downright awful, and it's pending return. The R7000 was meant to be the replacement...but as crappy as the AC68 is, the R7000 is WAY worse so far.)
Right now, in OS X using the wireless tools, I can see that my wireless is not doing so good. I'm sitting maybe 20 feet from the router, three walls between myself and the router. Without any downloads going, my RSSI is around -51, noise is -90 and OSX's quality metric is around "35".
Now, when I begin a download however, over 5GHz N, my RSSI drops to -60 right away, and the R7000 gives off a whining noise (likely the power supply built into it - it only makes noise during wireless activity) and OSX's quality metric drops to 30. What gives? Is the R7000 just a complete pile of dung? If so, what should I be getting for a router that has USB3 on it and allows me to expand into AC when I end up with devices (which I will soon, with my GF getting a new macbook.)
Additionally, during a download, my rate goes from 300 down to 250 at times, which should be well below what I'm capable of 20 feet out. For additional info, there are not many wireless networks in range - I'm one of 2 in the 5GHz band. My channel is 161 and doesn't conflict with any other channel.
Thanks,
RA
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