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lifeandmylens
Tutor
Dec 17, 2019

Throughput Tests While Roaming

Please see attached.  It was a real world test as I had two Apple TV's streaming YouTubeTV while doing this test, and wife browsing web pages.  The test device was an iPhone 11 Pro Max with wifi swee...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 17, 2019

What happpens with Beamforming enabled? 

V2.5.1.8 is now avaialable FYI. 

lifeandmylens wrote:

Please see attached.  It was a real world test as I had two Apple TV's streaming YouTubeTV while doing this test, and wife browsing web pages.  The test device was an iPhone 11 Pro Max with wifi sweet spots as the app and 10 seconds average measurement in each spot.

 

I have:

A 6500 sq ft house.

ATT fiber 1gbps service

A BGW210 Modem/Router

1 RBR50 in AP Mode

3 RBS50's all hardwired via Cat5e, 40-50 feet in between units.

 

Settings:

CTS/RTS Threshold (1-2347) 2347

Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings - enabled

Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence - enabled

2.4 Transmit Power Control - 75%

5 Transmit Power Control - 100%

Enable MU-MIMO - enabled

Enable Daisy-Chain Topology - off

Enable Fast Roaming - on

Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING - off

Running V2.3.5.30, after a clean reset and setup again.

 

Would love some input on these numbers and Orbi's lack of ability to roam and maintain throughput with mulitple streams.  And any suggestion changes I could make to improve things. 

 

  • lifeandmylens's avatar
    lifeandmylens
    Tutor
    Dec 17, 2019
    FURRYe38 wrote:

    What happpens with Beamforming enabled? 

    V2.5.1.8 is now avaialable FYI. 

    Thanks, I am updating now to the new firmware and will test again.  I am happy to try beamforming, but I believe implicit is for order devices, and explicit is enabled by default.  

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 17, 2019

      Order devices? 

       

      You might try both enabled and disabled to compare results. 

      lifeandmylens wrote:
      FURRYe38 wrote:

      What happpens with Beamforming enabled? 

      V2.5.1.8 is now avaialable FYI. 

      Thanks, I am updating now to the new firmware and will test again.  I am happy to try beamforming, but I believe implicit is for order devices, and explicit is enabled by default.  

       

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        lifeandmylens
        Tutor
        Dec 17, 2019
        Sorry I meant older :)