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Huawei AX3 (bought this as WS5200 was faulty)

zakir1988

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after finding out the brand new WS5200 was faulty not community properly to use as a wifi extender I just bought the AX3 router.

Im using it as just an extender I recently moved in to a two-bedroom maisonette as I have said in a previous thread.

I get full bars downstairs now but the signal its receiving from the the router which is upstairs cause we use Firestick for IPTV etc.. where the living room is.

If I position the antennas up im getting weak singal so I leave them in the down position which works good I get around 10 to 15mbps my building upstairs I get over 100mbps as im getting 5G singal because the signal is weak im getting 2.4ghz band as you know better wifi for long distance that why 5ghz is weak only can get it if its not weak.

Can you guys give me tips or what should I do to get better speeds downstairs or do a I need another AX3 router. I though one router would be enough. Im guessing im in a building where walls are very thick im in an old build.
 

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My experience of the AX3 (with nfc) is using it as a mesh - connecting a lan port on router to wan port of AX3 then using additional AX3s to spread the signal about the house. The chinese versions had a built-in wifi amplifier but those distributed outside China do not. Even on 'high' settings for the wifi signal, I found the additional units needed to be closer to each other than I anticipated and positioning them to 'avoid' the signal passing through too much brickwork/concrete was a consideration. Important to look at the lay out of your home - avoid the direct signal between AX3s going through walls (or solid floors) at shallow angles (easy to massively increase the amount of brickwork, your signal has to pass through). Clever placing of the first unit is a must and then thinking about how it will connect with the second (in the least obstructive way) and even considering further units - especially if you have very thick internal walls and/or a solid concrete floor?).

I am guessing the signal is better when the antennae are flat is because the AX3 is situated roughly beneath your router upstairs and is therefore communicating directly through the floor - you might want to consider what type of floor is present and whether this is the best way you can pass the signal downstairs? It might well be.

I'd start off with the position of your router - the Huawei 5G Cpe pro - and placing this in the position to get the best 5G or 4G signal possible (likely to be at or near a window?) wherever that is within your home. Once you have the best signal you can get inside your home that is the fixed point for your CPE Pro (unless you want to start using external antennae etc.). Then look at where you need to access the internet about the house and where you need to improve the signal or connect devices by ethernet (from an AX3). This will help you determine where best to place the AX3s (and how many you might want/need). If connecting the first AX3 by ethernet cable (recommended), consider its ideal position for spreading the signal - don't be limited by using a very short cable (my first AX3 is connected by 5m of flat cable, enabling me to place it centrally and higher up and ideally situated to connect to my next one (my mobile device is situated in the worst possible place for spreading wifi but that happens to be where I get a good/useable signal).

You will need to experiment with placement to get an optimum mix for your specific home layout. I cannot see you needing more than two of these - one for upstairs (connected directly to your router) and one for downstairs - but finding the optimum positioning for each is the key. I only use 3 and I played around with them for the best part of half a day until I got an 'optimum' but not perfect distribution.
 
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