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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 ...
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".
yes you're connecting to the 5ghz band and at 80hz.
Not sure why its connecting at 80hz unless you have DFS channels broadcasting in the area. You could try changing what channel the 5ghz broadcasts on to see if it allows the 160hz wide the 5ghz is capable of.
Dong knows does a pretty good review of the RBE971
https://dongknows.com/netgear-orbi-970-series-wi-fi-7-mesh-review/
>>Not sure why its connecting at 80hz unless you have DFS channels broadcasting in the area
Here is what is odd....Every other 5g connection in my home is via a more typical/standard channels. Only this new phone is connecting via 80hz.
Did you try swapping to a different 5ghz channel?
And not sure what you mean by "more typical". The devices don't set the channel width, the router does.
Or its picking up interference and using its preamble puncturing to use the 80hz wide width for better stability.
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SpeedBE27000 (11,530 + 8,647 + 5,765 + 1,147Mbps)†
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Simultaneous Quad-Band WiFi with dedicated backhaul
6GHz3 (4x4/320MHz, 4K-QAM): 11,530Mbps
5GHz-1 (4x4/240MHx, 4K-QAM): 8,647Mbps, Dedicated Backhaul
5GHz-2 (4x4/160MHz, 4K-QAM): 5,765Mbps
2.4GHz (4x4/40MHz, 1K-QAM): 1,147Mbps
Possibilities:
- the Samsung prefers 5GHz over 6GHz
- the Samsung isn't seeing 5GHz-2 ssid
- the Samsung isn't seeing 5GHz-1 ssid when the orbi is set to completely use the 240MHz bandwidth for backhaul
- the Samsung does see 5GHz-1 ssid and does get allocated 80MHz and does log into it, when the backhaul uses only 160MHz (of 240).
In case 3, minus seeing any viable 5GHz ssid, the Samsung chooses 6GHz. Alternatively*, cases 1,2,4, it could be that the orbi is steering the Samsung to the least optimal roaming connection.
I am jumping around a bit ....
I was playing around with the settings I noticed the "Advanced Wireless Settings (MLO Backhaul) - Enable 240MHz Bandwidth? " was unchecked.
Selected that, router re-booted and the new phone (u24/wifi7) connected to 6ghz. Not only that, it's the fastest wireless speed test I have ever had on the network. ..
So great news! But if I am not mistaken, would that setting only relate to the back-haul / router to satellite communication?
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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