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RBK12 Router is getting 600mbp but wireless gives no more than 400mbps
I have an RBK12 Orbi WIFI Router is getting 600mbp from the ARRIS modem. The wireless gives no more than 400mbps. I have tried the cable connected to the router and its ok. The wireless does not g...
Netgear support is correct. WiFi performance is limited by the physics of WiFi. Do a Google search on what speed can be reasonably expected from WiFi connections. 2.4G has a maximum theoretical performance of 400mbps and 5G has a maximum theoretical performance of 833mbps if the devices are (literally) right next to the WiFi access point, but the actual throughput will always be less because WiFi has considerable overhead compared to ethernet. WiFi is half-duplex, which means that every time the SpeedTest app says "I got that packet", the sender has to wait. WiFi has management frames. It is simply not possible for a WiFi connection .
400mbps from a WiFi connection is damn good.