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Wifi 7 speeds vs Wifi 6E speeds (Samsung Phones)
I recently upgraded to a Samsung S24 Ultra. Was surprised to see a Wifi 7 icon when I had setup my phone at home with my Orbi RBE 970s.
However it felt like it was slower. I still have my old phone and did a speed test. Both phones in the same room, spot on the desk. Both testing the same serve, a few seconds after the firsr test was compete (ie speed tests are not running at same exact time)
Was surprised to see the 6e with a much faster speed test. 1126 Mbps down and 976 Mbs up.
Compared to the Wifi7 which was 572 Mbs up. 400 Mbs down.
Quick observations : The Wifi 6e connections displays my correct provider service speed (2.5Gig fiber) and connects on a 160MHz channel.
The Wifi 7 shows a slower service speed (800Mbps down and 1200 Mbps down on a crowded channel (48) at 80 Mhz.
Would anyone know if that is because Wifi 7 has yet to be really enabled on the Orbi lines.
I will say, over the two days, Wifi 7 appears to be my b more stable and does not suffer from the frequent disconnects I have been experiencing with 6E.
It should.
It could be simply rebooting the wireless allowed it to switch to the 6ghz. Sometimes roaming or turning the wifi on/off can cause the phone to go "oh this network is better. lets use it".
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A couple points to make.
1. you don't say (and the settings don't show) if you're connecting to the 5ghz channels or the 6ghz ones.
2. you'd expect the 80hz wide device to be slower as its link speed potential is half that of 160hz. Your testing is showing that.
I'd be looking at if you're connecting to 6ghz or 5ghz. My RBE970 is rock solid. But if you're only connecting at 80hz, you'd expect it to be half. With both devices capable of connecting to 6ghz, you need to check if it actually is connecting to that band. With the phone bandsteering, it might be on the 5ghz
- Re : 5ghz vs 6ghz signals.
The Wifi 7 connection is a via a 5ghz channel.
Both phones are connected to the same WiFi network / SSID. Additional settings or changes have not been made to either phones (I am not aware of any settings you can change on the phone to only connect to 5 or 6 Ghz signals).
In theory, Wifi 7 is supposed to be broadcasted on a 6 Ghz / 240 - 320 Mhz channel.
I believe this Orbi line does not actually support true Wifi 7 at the moment and will eventually be rolled out via a software update(?)
But I am curious how/why my new phone is reading this as Wifi 7 and why it's only connecting to the 5G channels (vs the older model of the phone connecting as 6E)
Maybe a combo of this Orbi line not really broadcasting WiFi7 at the moment along with this newer phone actually supporting wifi 7connections (only a few phones do at this moment) ?
Sagnew wrote:
Re : 5ghz vs 6ghz signals.
The Wifi 7 connection is a via a 5ghz channel.---On the one device. the other is on a different channels so likely the 6ghz.
Both phones are connected to the same WiFi network / SSID. Additional settings or changes have not been made to either phones (I am not aware of any settings you can change on the phone to only connect to 5 or 6 Ghz signals).---Most devices you can't choose what band to connect to. Some you can select a prefered band but unsure about on android devices. Windows has that option.
In theory, Wifi 7 is supposed to be on a 6 Ghz / 240 - 320 Mhz channel.---Incorrect. Wifi 7 is just the new standard. It applies to 2.4/5/6ghz. Its not specific to just the 6ghz. The benefit to the 6ghz though is it can do up to 320hz wide channels because of more available bandwidth.
I believe this Orbi line does not actually support true Wifi 7 at the moment and will eventually be rolled out via a software update(?)---Again, incorrect. I have a RBE970 and it does support wifi 7. I have a motorola Edge+ 2023 and it (now) connects to the 5ghz or 6ghz
But I am curious how/why my phone is reading this as Wifi 7 and why it's only connecting to the 5G channels (vs the older model of the phone connecting as 6E)----Again, wifi 7 is the spec for all the channels. Your phone is picking up that its a wifi 7 broadcast and giving you that notice. It'll show on any of the bands you connect to. So you can't rely on that for telling if its the 5ghz or the 6ghz band. I'd be better that is what you're seeing and the speed difference.