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Is 72 mbps the best I can hope for on 2.4 ghz? If not, how do I increase the speed?
The highest mbps I’ve gotten is 72 on the 2.4 ghz channel. I’m using it for a NordicTrack x22i that uses a 1080 screen for workout videos. It will not connect to the 5 ghz where my speeds are grea...
Pinhigh07 wrote:
The highest mbps I’ve gotten is 72 on the 2.4 ghz channel. I’m using it for a NordicTrack x22i that uses a 1080 screen for workout videos. It will not connect to the 5 ghz where my speeds are great.
Any way to pump up the 2.4 speed? Thanks!
The following parameters affect the 2.4 GHz throughput. All found under advanced wireless settings:
- Disable the 20/40 MHz coexistence to only have 40 MHz bandwidth channels on 2.4 GHz band
- Enable WMM to prioritize multi.media packets (audio and video)
- Enable Implicit Beamforming to boost wifi range
- Enable MU-MIMO to enable multi spatial streams if the device supports that.
MU-MIMO dos NOT affect the 2.4 GHz throughput.
Ragar99 wrote:
MU-MIMO dos NOT affect the 2.4 GHz throughput.
Thanks, you are absolutely right. 2.4 GHz supports only SU-MIMO and not MU-MIMO. This parameter in the advanced wireless settings in the web GUI is only for MU-MIMO. I confirmed this by checking the config parameters:
wla_mu_mimo=1
wlg_mu_mimo=1
wla_2nd_mu_mimo=1
So this parameter only affects the 5Ghz channels for the fronthaul's main wifi channels (wla) and the guest wifi (wlg) and has nothing to do with the 2.4GHz channel (wl). :)