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carnalimr
Aspirant
Mar 24, 2020

Getting the most out of WiFi 6

Hello,

So I've had the Nighthawk AX4: RAX40 for a while now. I finally added a WiFi 6 card to my desktop that's about 30 feet away from my router. I am getting about additional 100mbpsDL and 50mbps upload but I am on a 1gbps fiber connection. I get about 400mbps up and 300mbps down. I am curious what settings I should tweak to try and squeeze as much out of it as possible. 

 

Right now my 2.4ghz and 5ghz channel are named different SSID's should they become one? Would that help? 

 

  • QOS is off
  • Enabling 20/40mhz coexistence is off 
  • Both frequencies are on short-preamble 
  • IPV6 is on DHCP 
  • Router is on the most recent firmware 
  • WMM is on

 

Is there anything you all can suggest or from the WiFi 6 card is: fenvi PCIe WiFi Adapter Card WiFi 6 AX200 PCIe Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax Card with the latest drivers.

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  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Mar 25, 2020

    Hello carnalimr, 

     

    Can you confirm whether your desktop is hardwired to your router? If it's wireless, can you confirm whether its connecting to the 2.4 or 5GHz band. 

     

    Thanks,

    Christian 

    • carnalimr's avatar
      carnalimr
      Aspirant
      Mar 26, 2020

      It is not hardwired. It is also on the 5ghz band. 

      • Christian_R's avatar
        Christian_R
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Mar 27, 2020

        Hi carnalimr, 

         

        Thanks for confirming. May you try changing the channel on the 5GHz band to see if there are any improvements. 

         

        Thanks,

        Christian