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cyruslego
Aspirant
Oct 03, 2019

Is it normal my iPhone 11 Pro's wifi speed limited to ~450Mbps when i connect to AX8 5GHz?

I just bought AX8 yesterday and I connected to 5GHz and the results were all limited to around 450Mbps (451 highest), is it because of the channel i chose? (I'm using 160), and which chnnel or settin...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 03, 2019

to use the full 160hrz spectrum you need to be using the dfs channels. so make sure that 160hrz is enabled, that you've selected 4800mbps, and that you select the lower spectrum 5ghz channels so you can utilize dfs. I could be wrong but my understanding was that if you select the higher 5ghz channels, it auto selects 2400mbps and not 4800mbps.  

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cyruslego
Aspirant
Oct 03, 2019
Oh yes sorry should be 161, should i switch the mode to 4800mbps?
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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 03, 2019

    It'll auto switch you back to 2400mbps until you set your 5ghz channels to the lower spectrum. So set your channel selection down and then set it to 4800mbps.