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New Cox Gigablast customer with questions...
Hello fellow Netgearheads, I am making my first community post to get some networking education. Last week, I upgraded to Cox Gigablast (cable) internet in Phoenix area and I am not getting adver...
Retired_Member wrote:
Does the iPhone get better speeds elsewhere?
While standing right next to the network panel, my iPhone was able to get 577 mpbs, that was the highest I clocked ever and that was early in the morning. Probably not much network traffic, we also live in a neighborhood with shared driveways and there is a list of 30 networks available any given time so probably a lot of congestion.
I was thinking more of "remote" wifi sources with completely different routers, not your RAX40.
It may be that your generation of iPhone will never go faster than you see, wherever you use it.
Google suggests a mixed picture, with some users getting nowhere near the speeds that you get.
The bottom line is that 1 Gbps wifi isn't going to happen, whatever clients you use.
Hi Michael,
Does the iPhone get better speeds elsewhere?
While standing right next to the network panel, my iPhone was able to get 577 mpbs, that was the highest I clocked ever and that was early in the morning. Probably not much network traffic, we also live in a neighborhood with shared driveways and there is a list of 30 networks available any given time so probably a lot of congestion.
Your modem seems to be delivering the goods.
Indeed it is so I don't have to deal with Cox or modem firmware updates, configs whatnot, however I discovered that QoS based on Speedtest was the cause of lower wired speeds, as soon as I selected "I want to define my internet Bandwidth" and picked 1000 down and 35 up, my desktop is nolw hitting around 940 mpbs.
Are you having problems due to something going slow, or are you just lusting after high numbers?
No problems at the moment, I just wanted to make sure that RAX40 is working as it should.
Retired_Member wrote:
Does the iPhone get better speeds elsewhere?
While standing right next to the network panel, my iPhone was able to get 577 mpbs, that was the highest I clocked ever and that was early in the morning. Probably not much network traffic, we also live in a neighborhood with shared driveways and there is a list of 30 networks available any given time so probably a lot of congestion.
I was thinking more of "remote" wifi sources with completely different routers, not your RAX40.
It may be that your generation of iPhone will never go faster than you see, wherever you use it.
Google suggests a mixed picture, with some users getting nowhere near the speeds that you get.
The bottom line is that 1 Gbps wifi isn't going to happen, whatever clients you use.
- So just a quick follow up, for the ethernet connection, I selected "I want to define my own bandwith" option on the QoS, rather than selecting the "speedtest.net" determination. Selecting 1000 down and 45 up helped with the wired connection, I am now able to get my spec speeds on the wired desktop downstairs.
With the Wi-Fi, I don't have many legacy clients, so I picked short preamble for both radios and selected the highest channels. This also helped quite a bit, iPhoneX (2017 model I think) now can sustain a steady 350-450 mpbs around the house which is more than enough. And it sustains near 700 mpbs near the router. Never had a chance to be at a remote location to test the max speeds for this particular iPhone model but I think 400 ish wifi speeds are pretty acceptable.
Thank you for your responses.