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The original was posted on /r/homenetworking by /u/Ok_Kaleidoscope_8261 on 2023-12-07 06:17:43+00:00.

Recently our internet/cable provider have been upgrading their infrastructure to fibe from coax.

Since then, it seems like the internet performance has taken a hit. The modem/router had to be relocated to the basement from upstairs, since that's where the fibre is coming in an the rest of the residence is not wired for fiber or Ethernet.

Being that the performance took a hit, we tried using the cable companies 'pod' network instead of the previous router, which wasn't a great router to begin with (Archer C1200).

So one pod is connected to the modem in the basement, and the other pod is upstairs, the upstairs pod is not a wired connection.

But the performance even seems a bit worse now than with the budget Archer C1200 router in the basement.

I used to get download speeds of 4 or rarely 5 MB/s on this laptop. Since the fiber was installed, I haven't been able to get anything to download faster than ~2MB/s.

Using the providers network managing app, I see basically all devices are only ever connecting to the pod in the basement, even though the one upstairs is closer.

Is this sort of situation common?

I was thinking of getting a coax to Ethernet adapter so, so as to have a directly wired connection (directly to the router as it has two Ethernet ports) for the upstairs pod, pod has one input and one Ethernet port.

I'm not sure if it's because now the two other cable tv boxes (3 boxes total, one of which is an Ethernet connection from the upstairs pod) have to be connected via wifi as well (as opposed to coax) as everything in the household which always used wifi.

The networking app has the option to change between 'Auto' and 'Router only' mode, not sure if there is a difference in performance or quality between the two.

Thanks.