Hi, I have the Nighthawk RAXE500 and recently began having problems with my Simplisafe cameras. So I thought it is probably a Simplisafe issue. But when I ran a Speedtest at Speedtest.net I noticed my 2.4 GHZ is not exceeding 150mbps while my 5 GHZ is hitting 906mbps on my gigabit connection.I'm trying to determine if 150mbps is normal for that router on 2.4 GHZ or if something has changed (maybe bad update) and slowed the 2.4 band down. I'm running the latest firmware on the router at version 1.2.13.100.Can someone help me out?

The TP-Link RE220. We've had it in the setup for a year and it has been fine. Do you think it may be going bad?Of course it could be a Simplisafe problem as well.

Matthewlawson3 wrote:I'm trying to determine if 150mbps is normal for that router on 2.4 GHZ That's a pretty good speed for 2.4 GHz. It all depends on the wifi clients you are using. Cameras don't need that speed to do their stuff. You don't say what the problems are, but speed is unlikely to be the issue. ...my 5 GHZ is hitting 906mbps on my gigabit connection. That is suspiciously high. More like a wired speed than anything most wifi clients can use. What "firmware problems" do you have?

Depending client device design and support, you'll not see speeds on 2.4Ghz compared to 5Ghz. 2.4Ghz wasn't designed to push that speed on at 40Mhz channel width. Most I've ever seen is around 300-400. https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/realistic-speeds-wi-fi-5-and-wi-fi-6https://www.wiisfi.comhttps://support.google.com/fiber/answer/6250056#zippy=%2Cmobile-devices-wi-fi

Like everyone is saying, you're hitting the speeds we'd expect out of 2.4ghz. the "up to speeds" are way overblown and 2.4ghz is atrocious on speeds. But it reaches further and through more things. Were you simplisafe cameras fine before? Do they connect back to a hub? How many devices are on 2.4ghz? Have you tried changing 2.4ghz channels? Maybe someone is broadcasting interference in your area. How far apart/distant from the router are they?Are any of them 5ghz capable that you could switch them over to? 5ghz is less sensitive to interference than 2.4ghz .

Yes sorry the 900 area Mbps would be over my Ethernet.I'm not having any firmware problems as far as I know. I was trying to determine if my 2.4 GHZ was slower because of a firmware issue. But if you are saying the speeds are in the right ballpark I guess it is not that.

Nighthawk RAXE500 - Checking speed and for Firmware Problems

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michaelkenward
Guru
Jun 06, 2024
Matthewlawson3 wrote:

I'm trying to determine if 150mbps is normal for that router on 2.4 GHZ

That's a pretty good speed for 2.4 GHz. It all depends on the wifi clients you are using. Cameras don't need that speed to do their stuff.

You don't say what the problems are, but speed is unlikely to be the issue.

...my 5 GHZ is hitting 906mbps on my gigabit connection.

That is suspiciously high. More like a wired speed than anything most wifi clients can use.

What "firmware problems" do you have?
- Matthewlawson3
  Tutor
  Jun 08, 2024
  Yes sorry the 900 area Mbps would be over my Ethernet.
  
  I'm not having any firmware problems as far as I know. I was trying to determine if my 2.4 GHZ was slower because of a firmware issue. But if you are saying the speeds are in the right ballpark I guess it is not that.
FURRYe38
Guru
Jun 06, 2024
Depending client device design and support, you'll not see speeds on 2.4Ghz compared to 5Ghz. 2.4Ghz wasn't designed to push that speed on at 40Mhz channel width.

Most I've ever seen is around 300-400.

https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/realistic-speeds-wi-fi-5-and-wi-fi-6
https://www.wiisfi.com
https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/6250056#zippy=%2Cmobile-devices-wi-fi
plemans
Guru
Jun 06, 2024
Like everyone is saying, you're hitting the speeds we'd expect out of 2.4ghz. the "up to speeds" are way overblown and 2.4ghz is atrocious on speeds. But it reaches further and through more things.

Were you simplisafe cameras fine before?

Do they connect back to a hub?

How many devices are on 2.4ghz?

Have you tried changing 2.4ghz channels? Maybe someone is broadcasting interference in your area.

How far apart/distant from the router are they?
Are any of them 5ghz capable that you could switch them over to? 5ghz is less sensitive to interference than 2.4ghz .
- Matthewlawson3
  Tutor
  Jun 08, 2024
  The cameras were fine and suddenly started acting up. Some of my cameras connect to a repeater on one side of the house, which pushes my main Netgear Nighthawk router's WiFi out to those cameras and some cameras connect to the main router. It's been this way for a year and been fine. All the cameras seem to be having this issue.
  
  I did change channels on the main Netgear router yesterday. It didn't fix the issue. unfortunately.
  
  I have several devices on 2.4 but most are not on and I've been running this way for a year with no problem.
  
  None of the Simplisafe cameras can do 5 GHZ unfortunately.
  - plemans
    Guru
    Jun 08, 2024
    What repeater do you have? Must wireless extenders drop throughout by over 50% by the very nature of how they work

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