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Airport Extreme - Wont work more than 15 ft away
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<blockquote data-quote="A15P" data-source="post: 1132379" data-attributes="member: 33828"><p>I have an Airport Extreme that has worked fine for several months. However over the last few weeks, if I get more than 15 feet away from it with a laptop or iPad the speed drops to almost nothing.</p><p></p><p>I still have good signal just no data speed. Like I said, for months I have had no problem, including for my XBOX which is all the way down stairs and around the corner and a Wii in the same place, no issues.</p><p></p><p>My Extreme is upstairs in my office and has been the entire time, but now if I walk down the hallway and take two steps down the stairs it immediately loses data speed to almost nothing. I have tested this while running a SpeakEasy speed test. It is 15mbps until I step down two steps and then drops to about 30kbps. If I step back up a step it shoots back up to 15mbps. </p><p></p><p>I have tested this on a MacBook Pro, a MacBook and iPad (not the speakeasy on the iPad, but just general surfing speeds) </p><p></p><p>I replaced the Extreme the other day thinking that was it, but I still have the same issue. </p><p></p><p>I have both network types set up 2.4ghz and 5ghz and both behave the same way. </p><p></p><p>Also since this started my XBOX connects me to Live then out and also says I have to change some setting on my network. </p><p></p><p>I never had any of these issues until a couple weeks ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A15P, post: 1132379, member: 33828"] I have an Airport Extreme that has worked fine for several months. However over the last few weeks, if I get more than 15 feet away from it with a laptop or iPad the speed drops to almost nothing. I still have good signal just no data speed. Like I said, for months I have had no problem, including for my XBOX which is all the way down stairs and around the corner and a Wii in the same place, no issues. My Extreme is upstairs in my office and has been the entire time, but now if I walk down the hallway and take two steps down the stairs it immediately loses data speed to almost nothing. I have tested this while running a SpeakEasy speed test. It is 15mbps until I step down two steps and then drops to about 30kbps. If I step back up a step it shoots back up to 15mbps. I have tested this on a MacBook Pro, a MacBook and iPad (not the speakeasy on the iPad, but just general surfing speeds) I replaced the Extreme the other day thinking that was it, but I still have the same issue. I have both network types set up 2.4ghz and 5ghz and both behave the same way. Also since this started my XBOX connects me to Live then out and also says I have to change some setting on my network. I never had any of these issues until a couple weeks ago. [/QUOTE]
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