My father compared to peak values achieved on the ground floor of 11 MB / s and has almost always constant 8 MB / s download speed, of course, depending on the server and the load on the home network. That can not be good, I thought to myself and inquired about a solution to this annoying wireless problem. On the Internet I am quite grown quickly found: The AVM FRITZ! WLAN Repeater 310 promises to extend the wireless range in the house!. Exact promises are not made. For 35 I would have of the repeater however already an added value of 50% of power expected to say from now on 4 - 7 MB / s. Do not know if I'm just approached with unrealistic expectations on the device, but I have to say that so far all tests remained far below my expectations ...
Hallway upstairs
Distance to the router: kA
Distance to the notebook: 5 to 6 meters
Signal Strength: 4 to 5 LEDs
Download speed: 1.8 to 3.8 MB / s on speedtest.netcologne
Test repeated several times on various sites, Conclusion: no appreciable increase
Room upstairs
Distance to the router: 5 to 6 meters
Distance to the notebook: 5 to 6 meters
Signal Strength: 4 to 5 LEDs
Download speed: 1.8 to 3.8 MB / s on speedtest.netcologne
Test repeated several times on various sites, Conclusion: no appreciable increase
Hall in the basement
Distance to the router: 12 meters
Distance to the notebook: n (. One probably 5 to 6 meters in a straight line)
Signal Strength: 5 LEDs
Download speed: 2-4 MB / s on speedtest.netcologne
Test repeated several times on various sites, Conclusion: slight increase, but still with strong fluctuations
Living room upstairs
Distance to the router: 3 - 4 meters
Distance to Notebook: approximately 12 to 13 meters
Signal Strength: 5 LEDs
Download speed: 2.2 to 4.5 MB / s on speedtest.netcologne
Test repeated several times on various sites, Conclusion: slight increase, but still with strong fluctuations
The repeater So now hangs in my living room.
In the "reality", ie when downloading files on foreign servers (Sharehoster, YouTube, etc.), see the results again from bad to good stuff. On average, I have a repeater with more of 500 KB / s, from time to time also 1 MB / s. Underwhelming, but I'll keep it anyway.