Very Short Range

I have two HaloLink1 units. One is configured as AP and the other as EXT. Both are linked and when close to each other can obtain a link speed of 28 Mbps. If I move them apart by approximately 300 yards, that have less than 0.4 Mbps. It is literally clear line of sight between the two over a small pond. The YTube video shows much further range with clear line of sight.

This is in a small residential area with only a dozen houses within 100 yards of each device.

Any thoughts as to why the range is so poor for me?

Hi @MikeJr

Given that your description of the environment sounds like it should be very clean from an RF point of view, I would be interested in knowing the noise as measured by both the AP and extender devices, as well as the RSSI and MCS index.

If you can, please share a screenshot of the associated stations list in the Advanced Config → Wireless tab, as this will have all of that information. Please capture this information while traffic is flowing to ensure the highest MCS rate for the link is used.

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