1.Your speed test seems questionable.
2.At your test either your ISP sucks, or you have some routing / dns issues that are slowing you down.
3. If signal strength is an issue, put one in the middle point between buildings for a test run. If it helps, then you know that that's an issue.
4. Although I recall reading that the RT-N12 falls back to G under certain conditions, and the RT-N16 is more than double the price.
5. If you're going to go that route check the DD-WRT and openwrt.org options if that interests you.
.6. But that's more than enough to stream most hulu or youtube content, at low quality, in real time.
7. You might try a different channel to use for your wireless signal.
8. Tin foil and/or pringle can can help bridge the distance a bit too.
9. Elevation helps so it's not going through dressers full of clothes AND walls. And wireless passes through glass a lot better than brick.
10. If you have to strategize it.
Not to sound flippant and thank you for your reply
but I have addressed nearly all of these issues before in previous threads and comments so here is
answers the above 1-10
1. yep - however inside the house with the netgearModem/Router my wife's MacBook can get anywhere from 5.xxmbps to 10mbps.
2. yep but I have all my ports open and if you see my other thread it was exactly between April 30th and May 6th when my speed dropped.
3. I have fine signal with my Hawking HAWNU2 in 2.4ghz (n) NOT G just my speeds dropped - could be the airport? not sure?
4. I have my Airport "forced" into n Mode both 2.4ghz and 5ghz - thought the hawking only uses 5ghz - which is why I want to run my aiprt in the garage in 5ghz via ethernet.
5. I don't need a new router I am a mac guy since 1988 and like the ease of set up - I do have another wireless router for my wife that we can set up thought it does not run in n also have an older Airport (saucer style) extreme only G speeds with that one too.
6. that's the deal - since april 30 I can no longer stream even low quality YouTube or NetFlix.
7. I have tried every channel from 1-11, and choose based upon the site survey of other networks and their respective signal strength - also I switch them as needed ( see attached pic)
8. that's why I am using a 12dbi USB antenna from Hawking.
9. My Airport is in a closet right nest to the outside wall of the back of the house right at the eve of the roof- my Hawking antenna is pointed pout the window at the exact spot where the airport is.
10. that's what I have been trying to do.
I think If I run Ethernet and run my Airport in the garage at 5Ghz I will get fast speeds again- I had it set up in the house in 5Ghz until about December and had awesome speeds, then after moving out to the garage I dropped from about 8-10mbps to 5-6mbps now I am at a staggering halting speed of less than 1mbps...
I want my network out here.
wireless seems to have failed me as far as surfaces and distance.
All I want to do is run the Ethernet - which is where I was back in September or so.
I just want this all to work
and it should
thank you all
any other input on trenching Ethernet will be helpful
--Ian