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    Signal strength issues with Xfinity Arris TG862! Download speed drops with distance but not upload speed

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by alittlemonkish, May 15, 2014.

  1. alittlemonkish

    alittlemonkish Notebook Consultant

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    I live in a small apartment and might room might as well be a bunker. Its is about 50-60 feet from the router to my bedroom with the kitchen in the middle. Sitting in the living room right next to the router my internet is just find. However, when I head back to my room to use my computer my internet speed drops off dramatically.

    Is there any reasonable way to fix/improve this? The router is currently at the front of the apartment and I am considering buying a 20ft coaxial cable so the gateway is on the kitchen counter rather than all the way at the front of the apartment.

    I have an Arris TG862 that I have through Xfinity. It is a modem/router combo that I would love to get rid of and use my own but at the moment this is convenient and if it goes down its Xfinitys issue and not mine.
     
    alittlemonkish, May 15, 2014
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