Poor Repeater Speeds

Router
1

Hi, I’m using the GL-MT3000 on v4.8.1.

I’m connected to the beryl directly with my macbook to test. I’m running in repeater mode using camouflage mode. VPN and adguard are disabled.

When I connect with the beryl over LAN, I’m getting up/down speeds of 15mbps. When I connect to the wifi of the source router, I’m getting >100mbps.

Any idea how to improve it?

3

Hi

Please check the following:

  1. Is the upstream SSID a combined dual-band network? If so, please make sure the MT3000 is connected via 5 GHz rather than 2.4 GHz. You can verify this under Admin Panel → Internet → Repeater:

    image
    image1299×828 123 KB

  2. If the MT3000 is connected to the 2.4 GHz band, you can try adjusting the settings below to force it to connect to the 5 GHz band instead:

    image
    image1303×826 92.2 KB

  3. If the MacBook and the MT3000 are in the same location and both are connected to the same SSID on the same band, but the throughput is still significantly different, it would be helpful to compare their negotiated link rates:

  • MT3000: SSH into the router and run the following commands:

    iwinfo apcli0 info
iwinfo apclix0 info

  • MacBook: Please refer to the following guide to check the current Wi-Fi link rate:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-see-your-current-wi-fi-connection-speed-in-mac-os-x/

4

Upstream wifi is a dedicated 5ghz band.

Macbook:

image
image474×564 61.5 KB

Router:

root@GL-MT3000:~# iwinfo apcli0 info
apcli0    ESSID: unknown
          Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Mode: Client  Channel: 9 (2.452 GHz) HT Mode: HE20
          Center Channel 1: unknown 2: unknown
          Tx-Power: 20 dBm  Link Quality: 70/100
          Signal: -91 dBm  Noise: -87 dBm
          Bit Rate: 286.0 MBit/s
          Encryption: unknown
          Type: mtk  HW Mode(s): 802.11bgnax
          Hardware: unknown [MediaTek]
          TX power offset: unknown
          Frequency offset: unknown
          Supports VAPs: no  PHY name: ra0
root@GL-MT3000:~# iwinfo apclix0 info
apclix0   ESSID: ".. 5Ghz"
          Access Point: 06:EC:DA:FB:31:FE
          Mode: Client  Channel: 40 (5.200 GHz) HT Mode: HE80
          Center Channel 1: unknown 2: unknown
          Tx-Power: 20 dBm  Link Quality: 70/100
          Signal: -91 dBm  Noise: -87 dBm
          Bit Rate: 1201.0 MBit/s
          Encryption: unknown
          Type: mtk  HW Mode(s): 802.11anacax
          Hardware: unknown [MediaTek]
          TX power offset: unknown
          Frequency offset: unknown
          Supports VAPs: no  PHY name: rax0

The link rates look the same, but it looks like they are connecting to two different BSSID, and the beryl is getting a much worse signal quality from the access point it selected? Is there a way to try and force it to connect to the closer access point?

5

You can achieve this by enabling Lock BSSID.

For more details, please refer to the following documentation: