My home network is absolutely driving me crazy. This is how everything is set up:
I live in Greece. We do not have the fastest internet where I live. The speed that I notice most of the time, on the X3000s page, is:
This is the speedtest I ran from my iMac, which is about 8 feet from the X3000:
Normally, the up and down speeds are the same, but the ping is around 25-30. For the past couple of days, Ive been having high pings (high as in the thousands), and low down and up speeds. I would reset the X3000, and it would work fine for a few minutes, then I would once again get extremely high pings, with very slow speeds. And this isnt the first time this has happened. Ive had this problem in the past, and the only way I seemed to fix it was by changing my wifi password. And I dont think anyone else is on my network, because my network SSID is hidden, and I have ran apps that show only my stuff on the network.
The following is on my network:
iMac
iPad Air
iPhone
Apple TV
PS4
HP Wireless Printer
-I thought maybe the problem was my PS4. Maybe it was downloading an update or something, so I turned it off. Again, no change.
-I tried running the Time Machine through the X3000, but using both as routers. That worked for a while, but as Ive said, Im getting these speed problems again. I thought about bridging the X3000 to the TC, and run everything through that, but I did that in the past with a simple modem/router I had, and again I was getting speed/ping issues through the TC. I was getting a double NAT problem as well, and I understand how two routers on the same network isnt really the best idea.
And one other thing I have noticed...if I am downloading something, that is taking up a lot of bandwidth, I tend to get slower speeds for a little while afterwards. Meaning...if I download something that is, say, 2gb, I sometimes get slower speeds on both ends, and I have to reboot the router multiple times. Again, the speeds will be fine on the routers page, but slow through the wifi. So I doubt its a provider issue.
I do not understand how the speeds on the routers page says 11down/1up a good majority of the time, but Im constantly getting problems in my apartment. We are talking about a 70 square meter apartment. The distance between the iMac and the router is about 8ft, the distance between the router and the PS4/ATV is about 12ft, and the distance between the router and printer is around 13 feet, and there is really no walls between anything.
Im not really an expert at setting up home networks. I understand a lot, but I dont know a lot about channels, or how to tweak certain set ups, like on the Time Capsule, 2.5ghz or 5ghz, etc. Ive spent hours reading posts and sites, and watching videos, trying to understand how to properly set up everything. I thought I had it all worked out, but Im stumped. Id like to try and get this all worked out because we are going to be doing some work here soon (new kitchen, new bathroom, tile, paint, etc.), and I wanted to get this situated.
If anyone has any time to look over what I posted, and try and help me out a bit, Id greatly appreciate it.
I live in Greece. We do not have the fastest internet where I live. The speed that I notice most of the time, on the X3000s page, is:
This is the speedtest I ran from my iMac, which is about 8 feet from the X3000:
Normally, the up and down speeds are the same, but the ping is around 25-30. For the past couple of days, Ive been having high pings (high as in the thousands), and low down and up speeds. I would reset the X3000, and it would work fine for a few minutes, then I would once again get extremely high pings, with very slow speeds. And this isnt the first time this has happened. Ive had this problem in the past, and the only way I seemed to fix it was by changing my wifi password. And I dont think anyone else is on my network, because my network SSID is hidden, and I have ran apps that show only my stuff on the network.
The following is on my network:
iMac
iPad Air
iPhone
Apple TV
PS4
HP Wireless Printer
-I thought maybe the problem was my PS4. Maybe it was downloading an update or something, so I turned it off. Again, no change.
-I tried running the Time Machine through the X3000, but using both as routers. That worked for a while, but as Ive said, Im getting these speed problems again. I thought about bridging the X3000 to the TC, and run everything through that, but I did that in the past with a simple modem/router I had, and again I was getting speed/ping issues through the TC. I was getting a double NAT problem as well, and I understand how two routers on the same network isnt really the best idea.
And one other thing I have noticed...if I am downloading something, that is taking up a lot of bandwidth, I tend to get slower speeds for a little while afterwards. Meaning...if I download something that is, say, 2gb, I sometimes get slower speeds on both ends, and I have to reboot the router multiple times. Again, the speeds will be fine on the routers page, but slow through the wifi. So I doubt its a provider issue.
I do not understand how the speeds on the routers page says 11down/1up a good majority of the time, but Im constantly getting problems in my apartment. We are talking about a 70 square meter apartment. The distance between the iMac and the router is about 8ft, the distance between the router and the PS4/ATV is about 12ft, and the distance between the router and printer is around 13 feet, and there is really no walls between anything.
Im not really an expert at setting up home networks. I understand a lot, but I dont know a lot about channels, or how to tweak certain set ups, like on the Time Capsule, 2.5ghz or 5ghz, etc. Ive spent hours reading posts and sites, and watching videos, trying to understand how to properly set up everything. I thought I had it all worked out, but Im stumped. Id like to try and get this all worked out because we are going to be doing some work here soon (new kitchen, new bathroom, tile, paint, etc.), and I wanted to get this situated.
If anyone has any time to look over what I posted, and try and help me out a bit, Id greatly appreciate it.
