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smarek's avatar
smarek
Aspirant
Feb 13, 2020

AX8 (RAX75 Costco version) not operating at HT160?

I'm having a hard time getting a solid answer on this issue. I opened a support ticket and they were not useful.

 

I have the RAX75 from Costco, Firmware Version V1.0.1.70_1.0.30

 

Does this RAX75 support HT160 or not? The box claims it does. The router config page also sort of does: I can select 4330 Mbps (AX off) or 4800 Mbps (AX on) modes.

 

However, when I use a wifi analyzer, it does NOT show the 160 MHz channel width, only 80 MHz (though it indicates that the router would support it).

 

I have a Killer 1550i, which has 160 MHz support. Attached are screen shots of the Killer Wireless wifi analyzer with the router at different settings, either with 4800 Mbps or 2400 Mbps mode enabled. As you can see, the wifi analyzer shows the same channel widths for both settings (80 MHz)

 

 

iperf3 bandwidth between two gigabit wired connections was over 600 Mbps

iperf3 bandwidth between killer wireless and gigabit wired was only 420 Mbps, when sitting less than 2 feet from the router (4800 Mbps mode)

iperf3 bandwidth between killer wireless and gigabit wired was around 380 Mbps, when sitting less than 2 feet from the router (2400 Mbps mode)

 

So the 4800 Mbps mode is definitely a bit faster, but not substantially. Am I just expecting too much out of this router? Is the wifi analyzer just wrong in how it's displaying channel width? Is there any other way I can ensure that it's using HT160? 

 

This is NOT a DFS issue, as I can leave the router on a DFS channel indefinitely and it doesn't get dropped or changed.

 

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated, thanks!

2 Replies

  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hello smarek,

     

    Welcome to the community! Curious to know, what is the link rate of the adapter when the mode is set to 4800Mbps vs. 2400Mbps. 

     

    Christian 

    • smarek's avatar
      smarek
      Aspirant

      Christian, thanks for the response.

       

      Not sure how I'd get that short of what's already in the previously attached image:

       

      4800

      transmission speed 325,000

      receive link speed 702,000

       

      2400

      transmission speed 390,000

      receive link speed 585,000

       

      Odd how one has a higher transmission, and the other has a higher receive.

       

      Is there a better way to check that?