I recently finished my basement and was trying to find the best solution to getting a solid internet connection down there. I have Xfinity X1 service with their 105mbps speed. I usually hit on a speed test around 115-120mbps wired from my laptop to the Xfinity Modem.
When I built the basement I decided I was going to use a POE setup and try that due to the layout and getting wiring down into the basement, also the wireless signal from the Xfinity modem was very weak in the basement with the modem located upstairs.
The POE cut my speeds down to only 30mbps wired directly to the same laptop.
I moved some stuff around in the house and was able to run a 50ft Cat6 cable from the modem down to the basement. I have 3 devices down there on my media shelving and I wanted to keep everything wired. So I had a Medialink WAPR300N router laying around. I hooked up the Medialink. The Xfinity modem is hardwired to the WAN port of the Medialink. I now am getting around 60mbps wired tested off of the Medialink. Its better but I know I can get closer to 100mbps. Is the Medialink just not capable of handling those speeds?
Also I cannot get an open NAT now with Xbox one service connected to the Medialink with UPNP turned on or even if I force a manual IP and open ports manually. It gets open NAT and full speeds wired directly into the Cisco/Xfinity Modem.
So basically the setup consits of.
Xfinity/Cisco modem upstairs.
50ft CAT6 wired to the basement into the Medialink WAN port.
3 Devices connected to the Medialink LAN ports. XBox1, PS4 and AVR.
I read some articles about making the Medialink into a switch, I tried to do this but everytime I disabled the DHCP setting I was not able to log into the Medialink anymore.
Any help on getting this sorted out is greatly appreciated.
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