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MAJOR-z-BOMBASU's avatar
MAJOR-z-BOMBASU
Guide
Apr 14, 2019

What is the theoretical max speed of Wi-Fi of Nighthawk M1 ?

I wonder what is the theoretical max speed of WiFi connection for this device?

Technical sub-questions:

- how many wifi streams it uses ?

- what modulation it uses ?

I can't get more than 866.5Mbps, so it looks like it uses 2 streams for 802.11ac and 80mhz bandwidth. With 256 modulation it gives theoretical 867Mbps 

 

2 Replies

  • Oxygene's avatar
    Oxygene
    Apprentice
    Apr 15, 2019

    Limited by your laptop WIFI?

     

    300/867 Mbps

     

    Cheers...

    • MAJOR-z-BOMBASU's avatar
      MAJOR-z-BOMBASU
      Guide
      Apr 15, 2019

      Hi,
      I use ASUS PCE-AC88 network card that theoretically offers 2100Mbps on the 5GHz band :)

      I can't find any official detailed tech specification of Netgear M1, but it looks like it uses for WLAN 2x2mimo

      So, with ethernet conenction up to 500Mbps and Wi-Fi connection up to 867 Mbps it is not possible to reach theoretical LTE speed 1Gbps ;)