Mi box s poor wifi 5ghz reception?

by srxz

Hi I bought the Mibox s and when I try to connect to the router through 1 wall and about 5 meters it deteriorates pretty bad the connection.

The strange is that 2.4ghz has 95% of signal strength and gets around 24mps and sometimes 1mbps, 5.0ghz has around of 65-70% signal strength and gets only 2 to 4mbps, it's driving me crazy d there's no way to the cable reach the mibox :(

What I already tried to do :

1- analyze signal and change the channel.
2- factory reset.
3- factory reset the router
4- tested with couple of devices such as. smartphones at the same location, all of the got the maximum with the same wifi.
5-moved the mibox extremely close to the router and Tested it gets the maximum 100mbps.

Does anybody could help me on this? :(

doommaster

5GHz get's absorbed a lot more than 2.4 GHz, especially wood and metal are a stronger barrier for the higher frequencies.

This is an advantage and disadvantage, on one side it means less noise and disturbance from other RF sources and WiFis, on the other hand you will have less range through walls and stuff.

Generally you should not expect 5 GHz to pass through more than 2 walls, even if they are not thick at all.

RuMad2

Yeah I made sure we could get a cable connection to our android box. For that reason.

padmanek

Mi Box S only does 1 spatial stream so that is 433Mbps theoretical bandwidth. Most phones and laptops currently do at least 2 streams.

Real world speed will be around half of that and if there's any walls between the router then closer to 1/3. Mi Box is also very picky about channels (at least my unit) and won't run on full speed on anything lower than channel 102. In fact, it will behave exactly like yours and reach only like 50 Mbps on channel 36. For testing speed I'm using Analiti app from play store. I have fast fiber so I can just run a simple internet speed test but Analiti also has a built in iperf3 server so you can run a client on your PC and test throughoutput over your local network.

Max_Roc

Does your router have any auto switching smart features? I find disabling those and others that i don't use gives a better signal. Also, play around with ch bandwidth. You may get better wall penetration. I think my sweet spot for 5ghz is a static 40mhz.

Andriusdude

Nothing us strange about your post, I have the same exact issue with my desktop, rock solid 2.4 wireless where 5ghz can’t even connect, I move everything like two meters near the router and the 5ghz connects.

akisnet

Go get mesh network solution or wifi extenders.