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TED209's avatar
TED209
On our wavelength
16 days ago

Extender gives low speeds

Hi

wifi has been patchy at the back of my house. I have Ethernet in the kitchen at the back. I bought a TP link and plugged it in. It can do 300mbps. The hub 3 admin page listed the Ethernet connection as 100. 

My iPhone gives me about 15mbps and my older iPad strangely gives about 35. None of these are anywhere near 100. 

I don’t seem to have any way to modify or specify the Ethernet speed on the hub admin page. 

what am I doing wrong here please?

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  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    16 days ago

    TP Link is a brand not a single product.

    We need a little more ... 

    1) Which model number of TP Link product did you buy ? 

    2) How have you configured it ?

  • carl_pearce's avatar
    carl_pearce
    Superstar
    16 days ago

    The TP-Link device you purchased was probably cheap, meaning a 100Mbps ethernet port, hence the report in the HUB of '100'.

    You need to look for devices with a gigabit ethernet port to prevent the limit of around 90Mbps at best with a 10/100 ethernet port.