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I'm not sure which of your two problems you're thinking the dual band router will solve, but let say that a 5 GHz signal is less likely to penetrate walls/floors than a 2.4 GHz connection.
A dual band router won't likely solve your problem of getting better service in your lower floor.
If I had a dual-band, I could use the 5GHz connection for my wife's computer on the same floor, in a different room and see how the 5GHz might work with the computer one floor down
I would reserve the 2.4GHz band for the AppleTV in the basemen.
Now, it will have to be a mattter of using the same 2.4GHz band throughout the house.
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Well, I received and installed my new router and the result has been improved speed throughout the house, even in the basement. Pages open just about instantly in the Laptop web browsers and the signal in the basement has increased appreciably.
Yes, I could have done it more cheaply, but I could also have done it more expensively as I was considering connecting an Apple Extreme Base Station to the old Actiontec and the AEBS is $200.
The advantages of the new Actiontec is that I am totally familiar with the web-based software and so don't have to learn my way around a new router's software and, FWIW, I can still call on Verizon support should I run into a problem I cannot solve.
Here are the results of some of my speed tests, done using the Verizon speed test. The router was installed on 27 November, and you can see the speed increase for yourselves:
TOP FLOOR:
24 Nov 1200H 21.85 DOWN & 20.97 UP.
24 Nov 1633H 22.87 DOWN & 19.81 UP. LATENCY 15MS
27NOV 1213H 42.81 DOWN & 38.96 UP. LATENCY 15MS - AUTO
27NOV 1232H 58.15 DOWN & 38.92 UP. LATENCY 15MS - CH6
WIFE’S TOP FLOOR OFFICE; A ROOM AWAY:
24 Nov 1200H 25.98 DOWN & 11.93 UP LATENCY 15MS
27NOV 1210H 38.31 DOWN & 37.69 UP LATENCY 12MS
KITCHEN
24 Nov 1200H 15.23 DOWN & 10.37 UP LATENCY 13MS
24 Nov 1525H 21.52 DOWN & 19.23 UP LATENCY 15MS
24 Nov 1810H 14.05 DOWN & 11.49 UP LATENCY 17MS
24 Nov 2109H 24.31DOWN & 17.74 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH 3
25 Nov 0615H 10,56 DOWN & 16.62 UP LATENCY 13MS; CH 3
25 Nov 2106H 22.53 DOWN & 11.99 UP LATENCY 18MS; CH 3
27NOV 1205H 39.37 DOWN & 31.21 UP LATENCY 15MS CH 6
28NOV 0710H 31.43 DOWN & 36.49 UP LATENCY 15MS CH 11
BASEMENT
24 Nov 1200H 16.23 DOWN & 11.97 UP LATENCY 15MS
24 Nov 1644H 12.14 DOWN & 12.36 UP, LATENCY 15MSS
24 Nov 1803H 07.72 DOWN & 03.42 UP LATENCY 14MS
24 Nov 2052H 06.71 DOWN & 11.46 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH6
24Nov 2056H 07.97 DOWN & 05.65 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH 11
24Nov 2100H 20.88 DOWN & 05.51 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH 1
24Nov 2102H 21.42 DOWN & 11.31 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH 3
27NOV 1841H 33.64 DOWN & 34.64 UP LATENCY 15MS; CH 6
27NOV 2019H 37.22 DOWN & 38.81 UP LATENCY 14MS; CH 6
A final thanks to all who chimed in with suggestions throughout this thread.
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I'm a little surprised that the new router is penetrating 3 floors to your basement that well but hey....you can't argue with success!
Good luck going forward.
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The penetration to the basement _may_ be because of the central stairwell connecting the three floors. It's not like the signal has to penetrate three concrete floors. The signal probably bounces of the various walls until it makes its way into the basement... or I have just revealed my profound ignorance of how router signals are propogated.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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@SpeedThree wrote:The penetration to the basement _may_ be because of the central stairwell connecting the three floors. It's not like the signal has to penetrate three concrete floors. The signal probably bounces of the various walls until it makes its way into the basement... or I have just revealed my profound ignorance of how router signals are propogated.
Happy Thanksgiving.
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”- George Burns
Floors per say are not that big a wireless signal. Problems with concrete floors may be because of the reinforcing iron. Radio signals don't tend to bounce off walls.
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