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mikeinolean
Aspirant
Nov 12, 2018

New Gigabit internet

Hey everyone. I just had spectrum gigabit internet installed today. The brought a new modem and a separate router. When the tech was there he had me test the internet speed and I was getting close to ...
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warrior101's avatar
warrior101
Aspirant
Nov 13, 2018

Thanks for a detailed reply. Is there anyway to know the current/realtime link rate between router and satellites?

 

st_shaw's avatar
st_shaw
Master
Nov 13, 2018
warrior101 wrote:

Thanks for a detailed reply. Is there anyway to know the current/realtime link rate between router and satellites?

 

Not that I know of.  Perhaps there is via telnet and the command line, but there's no documentation.  It's not realtime but probably the best way to assess the backhaul connection is to run an iperf3 test between wired devices, one on the sat and one on the Orbi router.  The most I've measured is about 575 Mbps, but that's with a couple walls between. 

 

Several folks are giving incorrect info on this thread.  The iPhone XS is one of the latest models.  I believe it's a 4x4 WiFi device and the OP said he measured 900 Mbps throughput on the iPhone XS.

 

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 13, 2018
    st_shaw wrote:
    The iPhone XS is one of the latest models.  I believe it's a 4x4 WiFi device and the OP said he measured 900 Mbps throughput on the iPhone XS.

    Nope ... 4x4 only on the LTE side, 2x2 for 802.11ac -> https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/specs/

     

    All models
    • Gigabit-class LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA
    • 802.11ac Wi‑Fi with 2x2 MIMO
    • st_shaw's avatar
      st_shaw
      Master
      Nov 13, 2018

       

       

      schumaku wrote:
      st_shaw wrote:
      The iPhone XS is one of the latest models.  I believe it's a 4x4 WiFi device and the OP said he measured 900 Mbps throughput on the iPhone XS.

      Nope ... 4x4 only on the LTE side, 2x2 for 802.11ac -> https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-xs/specs/

       

      All models
      • Gigabit-class LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA
      • 802.11ac Wi‑Fi with 2x2 MIMO

      Thanks.  If the XS is only 2x2 on WiFi, then only one of two things are possible:

      1. The iPhone XS supports 160 Mhz channel widths (1733 Mbps link rate). OR

      2. The OP did not actually measure 900 Mbps over WiFI with his phone.