So ive got a router (G3100) by Verizon in Northern VA. 3 level townhouse. The router is downstairs in the basement.
In one room (top level) , above the router i get 450mb down with 0 connection issues. To a PC. Theres an E3200 up there to boost it.
If i literally walk down the hallway into the next room, it drops down to 0.8mb and the connection constantly drops (PC, AX200 card). My Steam downloads speeds drop down to 8kb/s and at most i get 6mb/s. Its incredibly frustrating.
I understand Wifi gets slower the further you get away, but this amount of drop does not sound normal. Im literally less than 25 feet from the point i get 450 down. Is this normal or is there another potential issue?
If your house has lots of metal in the walls, you could be living in a virtual Faraday cage.