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tomsliwowski
May 02, 2017Apprentice
1700Mpbs backhaul much slower than 1000Mbps wire?
So I've had the Orbi system for 3 days now and it's worked well for wireless clients but I was wondering if I'm doing something wrong in regards to placement or configuration. My setup is the fol...
fbraz50
May 02, 2017Apprentice
Your speeds sound about right. Wireless is still a finicky thing all numbers are theoretical in ideal conditions. 50-60% is overhead feels about right.
Here is a good article explaining why it's still kind of terrible and is still worse then 1gbps wire speed.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/802-eleventy-what-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/
Here is a good article explaining why it's still kind of terrible and is still worse then 1gbps wire speed.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/802-eleventy-what-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/