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Speed expections over 5g with a 700 mbit pipe
What speed expecations should I have from the main RBK50 to a mac over 5g ? Testing directly with the Orbi / Advanced / Speed test I see 761 MBps from the Comcast X1 modem using a CAT5e cable ...
Depending on the design of the mac and what it supports. Most speeds you'll ever see on 5Ghz AC is around 300-500max. Depending on HW support and it's design.
Here what I get with my Mac Book Pro 2018 sitting in my living room several feet away from the RBS or RBR: v16
interesting as the mac is supposed to be capable of 800mbs on 5g.
wfi scanner, shows a Signal of -63db, -77dbm noise, SNR14 and data rate of 866, TX of 65.
I'm going to have to go google of those signal levels and noise levels are good. I believe 63dbmsignal and over 70dbm noise is good.
realien wrote:interesting as the mac is supposed to be capable of 800mbs on 5g.
The theoretical maximum rate over 5G and AC is 866 Mbps: https://kb.netgear.com/31211/At-what-speed-and-bandwidth-can-my-Orbi-system-transmit-data . However, the transmission rate you actually experience is greatly reduced due to communication overhead, encryption, environmental factors, etc.
thanks you suprised I get 700mbps in over ethernet, Then using 5Ghz and over 10 feet with no walls, I only get 270Mbps, that over 50% speed loss which seems high to me. I've seen 400 once or twice, but I don't what is impacting that,
