Need some advice with strange router behaviour

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It has provision, yes. But theere are two issues.
1. The electrician who was well versed with how the wiring is done with conceal is no more available.
2. Also, some conceals are not accessible as they are hidden behind TV(hall)or Almirah(room 2).
Also, I am not sure if I can draw a cable out from an electric point when inserted through a conceal.
For instance, there is an electric board in my room (room 3)for tubes, fan etc. If I insert cable then will it go to the common wall which has a provision for lights, switches. If I can make small adjustment to draw the cable out then my job is done.
 
Do you use DTH or Cable for TV content ? If you do, how was that cable brought up to TV ?
 
It was through conceal, but now the conceal is blocked due to tv. Hence took cable from outside. It is also for same reason that I had to take fiber from outside as the conceal was blocked.
 
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@igloo and others how is the performance of the wifi-repeater if I use RE 305 as an access point through ethernet cable. I mean if I can somehow get the wire reach the common wall joining bathroom 1 and 2 and attach it to re305, then the coverage to hall and kitchen shouldn't be an issue.
Assuming that 305 has a good coverage given its small size. More importantly, I will have to drill hole in the door frame which is along the common wall for bathroom 1 and 2.
Mesh would be expensive at this point, no body uses net in room 2. Might be good for future.
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305re is having 100mbps lan port. So if you have a connection less than equal to 100 mbps then it should work fine
 
Also most of these repeaters have single core processor so only good for few devices and certain speeds. They do good speed on test but only for short burst.
If yoy are to connect via cable then get ap with atleast dual core processor and repeater mode or openwrt support.
edit :archer c6 or a6
 
If you are on airtel ftth then they are providing mesh routers at rs3999 for 2 nodes and if you add more nodes then each node cost is rs 2499

note: this is only for fiber plans costing 999 rs and above
 
@igloo I have only 2-3 devices connected to internet(3rd one if I am in the hall).
So after tweaking the antennas, I now get 115-120mbps on my phone with re305.
So another query. My TV(Samsung Q7FN) supports dual band wifi, while my android set-top box supports only 2.4Ghz. I tried playing a 4k video on youtube from TV and it was buffering. Since I don't have any app for tv to check the speed(stupid Samsung store), I tried to see how much data TV was pulling using YoutubeStats(don't know how accurate it is). And it was pulling only 20-25 mbps. I did a speedtest near my tv on 5ghz and it was easily pulling 110-117 mbps.
While doing a speed test on android set-top box gives around 40-50 mbps, I won't complain.
Is there any other way I can see how much my data my TV is pulling. It is connected to 5ghz.
Link for my TV, incase if it helps.

Is there a smaller version of C6 or A6? Space will be a constraint if I am to set it up at centralised location. Also JFI, which is better among the c6 and a6? Too confusing with the features offered and terminologies.
 
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These tv have antenas placed at back side i guess and wall mounted tv creates problem.
i had similar problem with LG tv even on 2.4ghz, 5ghz use to disconnect.

what i have noticed on Deco app with my smart tv. they pull 10-20mbps for 2-3secs and then blank out for next 4-5secs.This is for full hd. Dont have 4k tv to test.

Netgear app is best as it shows connected rate too for each device. But need netgear router for that.

I think 4k can be easily played even with 2.4ghz.
 
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Thanks... that could explain why less speeds on my wall mounted tv 🤦‍♂️
Will give Netgear app a try. Will also check for 2.4ghz since I was assuming 5ghz will give good speeds given the speedtest results.
Could you tell name of netgear app? There are many on play store.
 
Well I guess C6 is better among the both because of OpenWRT support. But still you cannot do fancy stuff on that . Just basic things.
It has modules which keep track of data used by a IP and also Real time graphs
 
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