I have an Airport Extreme Base Station with a 5GHz Wireless N Network. I've also got a 50Mbps down/1.5Mbps up internet connection.
When I'm in the same room as the router, and run an Internet speed test (from www.speedtest.net) on my MacBook, I get between 46 and 50 Mbps download and 1.5 upload, which is the same as I get when plugging an ethernet cable directly into the AEBS. If I move to the room above, I get about 20Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up.
If I move to the room behind the one above, the signal degrades to the point where I'm getting 7.5Mbps download and 1.5Mbps upload.
I've tried changing the multicast rate to see if I can improve the range, but it hasn't helped. I thought wireless N was supposed to solve the problem of going through walls and floors, but I'm finding it no better than 802.11g in my house.
Any ideas what I can do before running an ethernet cable directly from my AEBS to my study?
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