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lextheimpaler
Aspirant
Apr 03, 2019

XR700 seperate 2.5ghz and 5Ghz or stick to smart connect?

Should i stick to smart connect or seperate? What settings to be used ie. Channel? Im only getting 900Mbps for 5GHZ

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  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 03, 2019
    lextheimpaler wrote:

    Should i stick to smart connect or seperate?

    Nothing wrong with having a single user friendly network name and seamless roaming between the 5 GHz and the 2.4 GHz network, e.g. when moving away from the router where 5 GHz dos become difficult, isn't it? 

     

    lextheimpaler wrote:

    What settings to be used ie. Channel?

    Ideally channels not used in the neighbourhood - what can be difficult in a dense environment. A WiFi test app like Netgear's can help identifiy the other networks - the visible ones at least.

     

    Not a regular XR user, there might be a control to enable HR160.

     

    lextheimpaler wrote:

    Im only getting 900Mbps for 5GHZ

    Throughput (that would be wow!) or negotiated link rate? What client, what distance, what obstacles, ...?

     

     

      • schumaku's avatar
        schumaku
        Guru - Experienced User
        Apr 04, 2019
        lextheimpaler wrote:

        Througput less than 2 feet to the router

        What kind of wireless client (make, model, ...)?

         

        For a good 802.11ac client, 900 Mb/s is a very good peak up- and downstream spead on 5 GHz - around the max you can expect.

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 03, 2019

    What devices are you using with the XR700?

    Is 160Mhz enabled on the XR?