phildawson
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So I recently had my Fibre upgraded to 900Mbps.
The actual connection tested on the WiFi 6 router shows 1Gbps and connecting via Ethernet I can get 980Mbps.
However connecting via WiFi on iMacs, MacBook and phones which are all WiFi 6 the most it can get is around 600 Mbps in close range and tails off to 400 Mbps on the other side of the house or in the garden.
So the question is that the expected and is there a way to get the full 1Gbps on devices?
Is there a specific WiFi solution I can plugin to the Ethernet and assume disable the routers own WiFi broadcast to avoid conflict?
Also if the cost is worth for getting those 40MB/s potential being lost?
Or is it a case those devices top out at 600Mbps even with the best antennas
phildawson
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Also getting a weird case on my phone the upload beats download.
This is common on symmetric lines. Uploads will often test faster than downloads.
As for the speeds you are seeing, they are normal for WiFi6. You might be able to tweak some settings to force it to burst to 1Gbit on WiFi, but this would depend on your hardware.
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phildawson
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Would splitting into separate 2.4/5 help or would that actually hinder it? As far as I remember both are useful for coverage.
The channel seems to be clear so it’s not a case of interference.
Ah, I was going to try to help with the settings but I’ve no experience with that brand. I’m fully Ubiquiti here.
I honestly don’t believe you have a speed issue on WiFi6 though. I would expect around what you are getting. I have some pretty hefty UniFi kit on WiFi6 with wired APs all over the house and I still only get around 700Mbit on WiFi6 (sometimes bursting to 1Gbit for a short period).
Also depends on the clients and how many spatial streams they support (2x2, 4x4 etc). There are many factors involved.
I’ve found it helps a lot with some badly designed client devices that feel the need to constantly jump between frequencies. Sadly, there are still many devices with poor WiFi implementations.
Indeed, all IoT is on 2.4 here also. Some further away devices are also on 2.4 because of better wall pene-tration. All of my Apple kit is on 5GHz though for max bandwidth.
I prefer to remain in control of this. Band steering has never worked well for me.
The UDM SE is still running well along with my U6-Pro APs.
Might consider swapping out for U7-Pro APs at some point but just don’t feel the need right now.
On Asus RT-AX86U with 2 Asus access points (Wifi 6 on 5GHz with gigabit ethernet backbone) I get max 600-700Mbps on WiFi. I used to get significantly less on the same equipment, which at the time I had narrowed down to something to do with weather radar frequencies and Asus limiting their devices on purpose, but it seems something about that has changed.
phildawson
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It’s an Air on the M2 chip ~2023.
So I’ve split, turned off 2.4 which seems to get 130Mbps max.
Using 5GHz and unchecking legacy I’m getting 750ish now on it.
I did try swapping channels but the auto seems to be picking the best with 149.
